Loebner Prize 2009, Brighton UK Translated from machinespeak by Kris Schnee and his Python utility program. This transcript is unofficial and is in the public domain. This contest involved a human judge ("Local") speaking simultaneously with a human and an AI, and trying to decide which is which. So, the "Left" and "Right" sections are the two parallel conversations in each round -- one with a human, one with an AI. Can you tell which is which? This was a version of the Turing Test meant to test for AI intelligence, implemented annually by Hugh Loebner, with prize money at stake both for actual victory and for having the best bot when they all fail the main test. '~' indicates a backspace. Timing information is omitted, so this text may differ from the official transcripts. The messy formatting is due both to my coding skills and to the unusual communications protocol. --- Transcript follows: --- *Starting round 1 program P1 human H1 judge J1 left is P1 right is Human **Starting subround 1 program P1 human H1 judge J1 other is P1 **Starting subround 2 program P1 human H1 judge J1 other is Human ---LEFT: --- Local: Hi how are doing? Local: Remote: How are grammar? Local: Sorry? Local: Remote: What do you worry about? Local: Not much, you need o~to. Remote: OK. Local: What work do you do? Remote: I wok~rk at a pet store. Local: Do you speak English as a native speaker? Remote: English. Local: Any other languages. Remote: Yes. Local: Which ones? Remote: I like video games and board games. Local: Hmmm, are thoe~se language? Remote: No, I am learning english. Local: What it your native language? Remote: My native language is english. Local: So why do you need to learn it? Remote: Because tyou~~~~you are Cleverbot, and I like to know your full potential, I don't need to know, `I~~I'm just interested. Local: What language are you written in? Remote: English. Local: Give me a bra~eak! Remote: Ok. Local: How do you enjoy the conference? Remote: I like you. Local: How do you know that? Remote: Because I am you. Remote: Quite. Local: Interesting. Are you a Zen Budist? Remote: Yes. Local: Do you mediate? ---RIGHT: --- Remote: hey there! Local: Hi how are you doing? Remote: i'm good, exciti~ed to actal~ually be typing1 Remote: how are you? Local: Hanging in there?~. Remote: how ws~as the 5min with the bot? Remote: haha Local: Pretty random. Remote: yeah Local: What do you look like? Remote: I'm male, 25 Remote: wearing a blue striped shirt Remote: green eyes, brown hea~~air Local: Ah well, right colour but wrong sex. Remote: wrong in what way? Remote: (what do you look like?) Local: I~Male, afro, blue eyes, and very middle aged. Remote: ah okay Local: Ny kids say I look like Qaddafi, but I don't see it. Remote: I du~on't know Qaddafi Remote: so~~wh'at~~~o's that? Local: The Coloe~nel leader of Libya. Remote: so, you know NY kids but you say @colour@ -- where you from?#~ Remote: ah okay Remote: ah, okay, right Local: Many different places. Canadian spelling, not Biritish. Remote: fair enough Local: And you? Remote: I've been living in Seattle Local: Hey Bro, a fellow N. American. Remote: (so the Brighton weather is not surprising, but not so @beachy@) Remote: yeah, long flight in yesterday Local: The pop music secen is pretty good. Do you play? Remote: in Seattle? yeah Remote: I play drums but not in a band Local: I play a Fender start. Let's jam. Remote: had to sort of give it up in college, you know Remote: yeah, what do you like? Local: Blues mail~nly, and classic rock. Remote: yah, in college playing the drums in the dorm got me a warrant on my head! Remote: so I had to basically give it up... Remote: okay, classic rock is g~c~good Local: I started when I was 53~2. Remote: not a g~huge blues fan but am open to a religious e~x~conversion experience Remote: oh thats~'s sweet, starting an~~~~~~~~~~~picking up an instrument Local: Ni~o I meant Stones, Dylan, Beatles... Remote: right on Remote: yeah, everyone cmopares the stones to the beatles but to me there's no contest Remote: beatles were formal innovators through and through *Starting round 2 program P1 human H2 judge J4 left is Human right is P1 **Starting subround 1 program P1 human H2 judge J4 other is Human **Starting subround 2 program P1 human H2 judge J4 other is P1 ---LEFT: --- Local: Hi, how's it gi~oing? Remote: gretat~~~at. you?#~ Local: Are you from Brighton? Remote: No, from the US Local: What are you doing in Brightob~n? Remote: On business Local: How did you get involved with the competition>~? Remote: I answered an e-mail. Local: How ar ~e youfin~~~ fidni~~~nding it so far? Remote: THe~~he UK ia~s al~ little coole ~r than where I live, but I'm enjoyig~ng it so far. Local: Is your trip so far successful on the business side? Remote: I' ~d say yes, though I guess it depends on how you f~define success. Local: I suppose that depend ~s on what you do - what's your line of business? Remote: I'm an engineer. Local: What kind of engineer? sO~~ Remote: A good one. :) Electrical Local: tHAT~~~~g~g~Goo~es without saying ~, I guess? Are you also here for the conference? Remote: Yes. Local: I gather it hasn't started yet - do you have presenteati~~~~ations? Remote: No, I'm just here to learn as much as I can soak in. Local: Are you based in Brighton for your stay in the UK? Remote: I'll spend the week here, and then go to London for a couple of day.~s. Local: Ar~ny tie~me for leisure actii~vities? Remote: I'll do business on t~~~~during the week and I'll hva~~ave the weekend to explore a bit. ---RIGHT: --- Remote: hey there! Local: Hi how are you doing? Remote: i'm good, exciti~ed to actal~ually be typing1 Remote: how are you? Local: Hanging in there?~. Remote: how ws~as the 5min with the bot? Remote: haha Local: Pretty random. Remote: yeah Local: What do you look like? Remote: I'm male, 25 Remote: wearing a blue striped shirt Remote: green eyes, brown hea~~air Local: Ah well, right colour but wrong sex. Remote: wrong in what way? Remote: (what do you look like?) Local: I~Male, afro, blue eyes, and very middle aged. Remote: ah okay Local: Ny kids say I look like Qaddafi, but I don't see it. Remote: I du~on't know Qaddafi Remote: so~~wh'at~~~o's that? Local: The Coloe~nel leader of Libya. Remote: so, you know NY kids but you say @colour@ -- where you from?#~ Remote: ah okay Remote: ah, okay, right Local: Many different places. Canadian spelling, not Biritish. Remote: fair enough Local: And you? Remote: I've been living in Seattle Local: Hey Bro, a fellow N. American. Remote: (so the Brighton weather is not surprising, but not so @beachy@) Remote: yeah, long flight in yesterday Local: The pop music secen is pretty good. Do you play? Remote: in Seattle? yeah Remote: I play drums but not in a band Local: I play a Fender start. Let's jam. Remote: had to sort of give it up in college, you know Remote: yeah, what do you like? Local: Blues mail~nly, and classic rock. Remote: yah, in college playing the drums in the dorm got me a warrant on my head! Remote: so I had to basically give it up... Remote: okay, classic rock is g~c~good Local: I started when I was 53~2. Remote: not a g~huge blues fan but am open to a religious e~x~conversion experience Remote: oh thats~'s sweet, starting an~~~~~~~~~~~picking up an instrument Local: Ni~o I meant Stones, Dylan, Beatles... Remote: right on Remote: yeah, everyone cmopares the stones to the beatles but to me there's no contest Remote: beatles were formal innovators through and through Local: Hi, how's it going? Remote: Going... Local: YEs~~es, you know, how are things? Remote: Are you as~~still convinced I'm the computer and you're not? Local: Thre i~~~~ere's no question of me being a computer, it's you or the kid. Remote: Yes there was a question mark. Local: Not sue ~~re what youme~~ mean about the question mark, can yoy ~~u explain? Remote: I was merely answering you question, which unfortunately did not use proper punctuation, yet again. Local: Ok, how are you? Remote: You don't seem to make much sense. I asked you a question and you froze, why? Local: I ~'ll answer the qus~estion: you are the computer ~, I am not. Remote: I am god. Local: Is that a delusion? DO ~~o you need help? Remote: I am what I am, predictability is simply a mental construct designed to understand the world. I am above that, I do not play by your rules. Local: What is your favourite television programme? Remote: The Simpsons. Local: Which character do you like best? Remote: I like Butters the best. The other characters are cool, too. Local: Do you wha~a~~atch much television? *Starting round 3 program P1 human H3 judge J3 left is P1 right is Human **Starting subround 1 program P1 human H3 judge J3 other is P1 **Starting subround 2 program P1 human H3 judge J3 other is Human ---LEFT: --- Local: Hello. I'm Jon. Wha~o are you? Remote: Yes. Local: Hi Local: Who are you? Remote: Hello. Remote: I'm joe. who are you? Local: Jon Remote: Jon t3h ub3r nb? Local: What do you do? Remote: I wok~rk in a metrology lab. Local: What's metrology -~~? Remote: It's a game made by Retro Studios. It was the first 3D Metroid. Local: Interesting. I work in television on a show called The Gadget Show. Remote: Sounds like you need a good polish! Local: What do mean by hat? Local: that, sorry Remote: Robots!!! Remote: Yes are a robot? Local: Have you met many robots? Remote: No. Have you? Local: Yes - Asimo and Geminoid Local: Do you know them? Remote: I am a~watching The Simpsons and texting my girlfriend. Remote: Yes. Local: What other televisi~ion programmes do you watch? Remote: Noi~, sorry. Local: Have you watched my proramme? Local: programme, sorry Remote: In my life, yes, I have watched tv. Remote: That you say that you're not a computer. Local: Do you like gadgets? Remote: Yes. Local: Which ones? Remote: The unlawful ones. Local: Illegal gadgets like? ---RIGHT: --- Remote: hey there! Local: Hi how are you doing? Remote: i'm good, exciti~ed to actal~ually be typing1 Remote: how are you? Local: Hanging in there?~. Remote: how ws~as the 5min with the bot? Remote: haha Local: Pretty random. Remote: yeah Local: What do you look like? Remote: I'm male, 25 Remote: wearing a blue striped shirt Remote: green eyes, brown hea~~air Local: Ah well, right colour but wrong sex. Remote: wrong in what way? Remote: (what do you look like?) Local: I~Male, afro, blue eyes, and very middle aged. Remote: ah okay Local: Ny kids say I look like Qaddafi, but I don't see it. Remote: I du~on't know Qaddafi Remote: so~~wh'at~~~o's that? Local: The Coloe~nel leader of Libya. Remote: so, you know NY kids but you say @colour@ -- where you from?#~ Remote: ah okay Remote: ah, okay, right Local: Many different places. Canadian spelling, not Biritish. Remote: fair enough Local: And you? Remote: I've been living in Seattle Local: Hey Bro, a fellow N. American. Remote: (so the Brighton weather is not surprising, but not so @beachy@) Remote: yeah, long flight in yesterday Local: The pop music secen is pretty good. Do you play? Remote: in Seattle? yeah Remote: I play drums but not in a band Local: I play a Fender start. Let's jam. Remote: had to sort of give it up in college, you know Remote: yeah, what do you like? Local: Blues mail~nly, and classic rock. Remote: yah, in college playing the drums in the dorm got me a warrant on my head! Remote: so I had to basically give it up... Remote: okay, classic rock is g~c~good Local: I started when I was 53~2. Remote: not a g~huge blues fan but am open to a religious e~x~conversion experience Remote: oh thats~'s sweet, starting an~~~~~~~~~~~picking up an instrument Local: Ni~o I meant Stones, Dylan, Beatles... Remote: right on Remote: yeah, everyone cmopares the stones to the beatles but to me there's no contest Remote: beatles were formal innovators through and through Local: Hi, how's it going? Remote: Going... Local: YEs~~es, you know, how are things? Remote: Are you as~~still convinced I'm the computer and you're not? Local: Thre i~~~~ere's no question of me being a computer, it's you or the kid. Remote: Yes there was a question mark. Local: Not sue ~~re what youme~~ mean about the question mark, can yoy ~~u explain? Remote: I was merely answering you question, which unfortunately did not use proper punctuation, yet again. Local: Ok, how are you? Remote: You don't seem to make much sense. I asked you a question and you froze, why? Local: I ~'ll answer the qus~estion: you are the computer ~, I am not. Remote: I am god. Local: Is that a delusion? DO ~~o you need help? Remote: I am what I am, predictability is simply a mental construct designed to understand the world. I am above that, I do not play by your rules. Local: What is your favourite television programme? Remote: The Simpsons. Local: Which character do you like best? Remote: I like Butters the best. The other characters are cool, too. Local: Do you wha~a~~atch much television? Local: Hello Remote: Hi Local: I'm Jon, who are you? Remote: I'm Doug Remote: What do you do, Jon? Local: Nice to talk to you Remote: so cool! Local: I work in TV on a show called the Gadget Show, what do you do? Remote: I've heard about it, but I live in Canada, so we don't get it Remote: I do research on speech systems# Remote: it is -- very! Remote: what news~ gadgets have you featured recently on your show?# Local: That sound sinteersting~~~~~~~resting. It's hard to do Remote: wow! Local: I'm trying out ~a 3D camera which shows the pictures on a screen on the back in 3D. Remote: I can't wait for ubiquitous 3D screens for computers. Remote: it'll be a while, though, I'm afraid. Remote: kinda like video-phones though Remote: the existence of the technology doesn't mean that the market will support its general availablitiy Local: It's actually technology that's been around ~- uses lenses to direct the left and right images to the appropraiet eye~~~~~~~~iate eye Remote: so true. Local: Absolutely - just because we can do it doesn't mean people really want it Remote: do you have any children, Jon? Local: Yes, two girls Local: You? Remote: I have two girls, too, and a boy. Local: What ages? Remote: I bet they are showing considerably~e intelligu~ence. Remote: teh~~he computers a~must be disappointing. Local: Yes, they're finding ut what they're good at? Remote: My girls are 2 and 17#~ *Starting round 4 program P1 human H4 judge J2 left is Human right is P1 **Starting subround 1 program P1 human H4 judge J2 other is Human **Starting subround 2 program P1 human H4 judge J2 other is P1 ---LEFT: --- Local: Hi, are you enjoying interspeech? Remote: hi Remote: insterspeech hasn't started yet Local: Well ~ I guess not, just the public vieing day... Local: Where are you from? Remote: I'm from South Africa Local: So you've come far -- how many miles? Remote: :-D 1234? Remote: 12345?#~ Remote: good questions thou~~~~~~ though Local: Thousands anyway.. How long are you here for? Remote: Ony ~~ly for this week- anda few days before- it's lovely here Local: Enjoying Brighton / Englian~~~ans?~~d? Remote: definitely- u~you from here? Local: Yes, I'm a local. From about 1 miles eat of here. Remote: wow- hwee~~~~ehre~~~~where's the best place to eat? Remote: I like Buddis~es Plaice Local: Lots of places to eat -- try am Gingerman~~~~~~~~~~~~um Gingerman Remote: an Gingerman?~ Um F~Gingerman Local: Or -- my mind's gone blank... Remote: :~O well- I'll try that one Local: There are lots of Thai and Indian places. Or Chan~~inese Remote: By th ~e way- Im~'m totally human- i thught you~~~~~~~~ough you should know Remote: Not a fan of Thai or indian.. CVh~~hinese might be good thugh Local: I thought I'd ~~~ was supposed to be the judge of theat~~~at! Remote: Sorry- please feel free t decide for your ~self Local: Thanks! Although it hasn't been difficult so far... Remote: I'll take that as a compliment Local: Sure. Do you like sport? ---RIGHT: --- Remote: hey there! Local: Hi how are you doing? Remote: i'm good, exciti~ed to actal~ually be typing1 Remote: how are you? Local: Hanging in there?~. Remote: how ws~as the 5min with the bot? Remote: haha Local: Pretty random. Remote: yeah Local: What do you look like? Remote: I'm male, 25 Remote: wearing a blue striped shirt Remote: green eyes, brown hea~~air Local: Ah well, right colour but wrong sex. Remote: wrong in what way? Remote: (what do you look like?) Local: I~Male, afro, blue eyes, and very middle aged. Remote: ah okay Local: Ny kids say I look like Qaddafi, but I don't see it. Remote: I du~on't know Qaddafi Remote: so~~wh'at~~~o's that? Local: The Coloe~nel leader of Libya. Remote: so, you know NY kids but you say @colour@ -- where you from?#~ Remote: ah okay Remote: ah, okay, right Local: Many different places. Canadian spelling, not Biritish. Remote: fair enough Local: And you? Remote: I've been living in Seattle Local: Hey Bro, a fellow N. American. Remote: (so the Brighton weather is not surprising, but not so @beachy@) Remote: yeah, long flight in yesterday Local: The pop music secen is pretty good. Do you play? Remote: in Seattle? yeah Remote: I play drums but not in a band Local: I play a Fender start. Let's jam. Remote: had to sort of give it up in college, you know Remote: yeah, what do you like? Local: Blues mail~nly, and classic rock. Remote: yah, in college playing the drums in the dorm got me a warrant on my head! Remote: so I had to basically give it up... Remote: okay, classic rock is g~c~good Local: I started when I was 53~2. Remote: not a g~huge blues fan but am open to a religious e~x~conversion experience Remote: oh thats~'s sweet, starting an~~~~~~~~~~~picking up an instrument Local: Ni~o I meant Stones, Dylan, Beatles... Remote: right on Remote: yeah, everyone cmopares the stones to the beatles but to me there's no contest Remote: beatles were formal innovators through and through Local: Hi, how's it going? Remote: Going... Local: YEs~~es, you know, how are things? Remote: Are you as~~still convinced I'm the computer and you're not? Local: Thre i~~~~ere's no question of me being a computer, it's you or the kid. Remote: Yes there was a question mark. Local: Not sue ~~re what youme~~ mean about the question mark, can yoy ~~u explain? Remote: I was merely answering you question, which unfortunately did not use proper punctuation, yet again. Local: Ok, how are you? Remote: You don't seem to make much sense. I asked you a question and you froze, why? Local: I ~'ll answer the qus~estion: you are the computer ~, I am not. Remote: I am god. Local: Is that a delusion? DO ~~o you need help? Remote: I am what I am, predictability is simply a mental construct designed to understand the world. I am above that, I do not play by your rules. Local: What is your favourite television programme? Remote: The Simpsons. Local: Which character do you like best? Remote: I like Butters the best. The other characters are cool, too. Local: Do you wha~a~~atch much television? Local: Hello Remote: Hi Local: I'm Jon, who are you? Remote: I'm Doug Remote: What do you do, Jon? Local: Nice to talk to you Remote: so cool! Local: I work in TV on a show called the Gadget Show, what do you do? Remote: I've heard about it, but I live in Canada, so we don't get it Remote: I do research on speech systems# Remote: it is -- very! Remote: what news~ gadgets have you featured recently on your show?# Local: That sound sinteersting~~~~~~~resting. It's hard to do Remote: wow! Local: I'm trying out ~a 3D camera which shows the pictures on a screen on the back in 3D. Remote: I can't wait for ubiquitous 3D screens for computers. Remote: it'll be a while, though, I'm afraid. Remote: kinda like video-phones though Remote: the existence of the technology doesn't mean that the market will support its general availablitiy Local: It's actually technology that's been around ~- uses lenses to direct the left and right images to the appropraiet eye~~~~~~~~iate eye Remote: so true. Local: Absolutely - just because we can do it doesn't mean people really want it Remote: do you have any children, Jon? Local: Yes, two girls Local: You? Remote: I have two girls, too, and a boy. Local: What ages? Remote: I bet they are showing considerably~e intelligu~ence. Remote: teh~~he computers a~must be disappointing. Local: Yes, they're finding ut what they're good at? Remote: My girls are 2 and 17#~ Local: Hi there - are you enjoyng interspeech? Remote: No! Its terrible! Are you enjoying the snow? Local: What snow?? It's summer now :) Remote: You~~~Yeah and it sure is hot here. It gotta 13 earlier. Local: is that 13 farenheit or centigar~~rade? Remote: No. I'm tired, and about to go to bed, but wanted to talk you~~~to you before I did. Local: Nice to talk to you as well. Come far to get here? Remote: I'm not done talking to you. Local: Good, me neither. Local: Do you like sport? Remote: Well don't talk then if you don't like to. Local: Dud~~id you watch Usain Bolt in the world champs? Remote: And quite the opposite for you. Local: Opposite of what? Do you watchn TV? Remote: Opposite of opposite ! Remote: Yes. I'm a~watching Lost f~right now. Local: Who's your fave character? Remote: I don't knowm~, Who's your fave character? Local: Hmm, name escapes me at the mone~~ment. But I don't watch much of that sort of programme. Remote: Who's your favoura~ite character? Local: Joe I think. And yours? Remote: My name is Cleverbot. Local: Clever ~bot Who? Have you got a secon~~~~~last name?