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Artificial Intelligence Prize Goes To Chatty Computer

NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Tue, 10/14/2008 - 5:18am

In 1950, a mathematician asked, if a computer could think, how could we tell? His answer: it could hold a conversation.

In this spirit, the annual Loebner Artificial Intelligence Prize goes to the most human-like computer. This year, to a program called Elbot.

When asked, how's it going? Elbot responded: I feel terrible today. This morning I poured milk over my breakfast instead of oil, and it rusted before I could eat it.



 

The next great bubble is already underway!

CNN Money  Fri, 04/11/2008 - 5:01am

Goodness gracious, fellow capitalists - I've never seen such a bunch of long faces! Where's that courageous can-do spirit that has forged growth out of fictional developments for so many years?



 

No sleep 'til justice

Daily Texan  Tue, 02/26/2008 - 11:00pm

The words that brought the Beastie Boys credibility more than 20 years ago still ring true today: "You gotta fight for your right." The spirit of fighting for one's rights, however, seems to have gotten up out of its seat and left the American people sitting at the table.



 

California screaming

WarpCNN  Mon, 10/29/2007 - 12:19pm

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