| George: How one chatbot got smart, Innovations Report, October 20th, 2006
To web surfers, 'George' is a bald, spectacled and slightly androgynous-looking 39-year-old, who claims to be a computer programmer. But to his creators, this quirky chat robot, or 'chatbot', represents an enormously promising future for artificial-intelligence avatars on the internet. And IST research played its part.
Powered by award-winning artificial intelligence (AI) that was developed by British programmer Rollo Carpenter, 'George' the avatar has a 3D appearance, a variety of facial expressions and the ability to understand and respond to others using human speech. He is the product of groundbreaking work by British firm InterMediaLab, a leading developer of virtual-reality control systems for animated content.
Innovations Report Article: http://www.innovations-report.de/html/berichte/informationstechnologie/bericht-72460.html
| | Web Life: What's a bot like you doing on a site like this?, October 12th, 2006
George says he doesn't know if he wants to work in a call center, and doesn't think he could sell car insurance which is unfortunate, as his creator has just that sort of future mapped out for him.
"I am not an artificial intelligence program," insists George.
Washington Post / Reuters article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/12/AR2006101200648.html | | Meet Harry, at harrison-marketing.com, October 12th, 2006
Though he's never admitted it, George has a twin brother by the name of Harry.
Harry is still learning, but he's a spokesman ... spokesperson ... erm spokesbot ... for HMC, and would love to talk to you about marketing.
Harry himself | | King of the chatbots, September 25th, 2006
George, who is 39, single and light-hearted, is looking for friends on the Internet.
He has gifts: the ability to speak in 40 languages and with 2000 people at the same time.
news.com.au / Agence France-Presse Article: http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20471364-13762,00.html | | When a robot's thoughts turn to love, Sunday Times, September 24th, 2006
George is the archetypal toxic bachelor, but computer generated. A 'chat box' with artificial intelligence, he won the 2005 Loebner prize for most convincingly human robot. He remembers everything said to him and gives answers based on that.
Q: Are you single?
George: Yes, as it happens.
Q: What's it like to be a bachelor?
George: I live my life.
Sunday Times Article: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2105-2369955,00.html |
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