Jabberwacky is a
chatterbot
A chatbot or chatterbot is a software application used to conduct an on-line chat conversation via text or text-to-speech, in lieu of providing direct contact with a live human agent. Designed to convincingly simulate the way a human would behav ...
created by British programmer
Rollo Carpenter. Its stated aim is to "simulate natural human chat in an interesting, entertaining and humorous manner". It is an early attempt at creating an
artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI) is intelligence—perceiving, synthesizing, and inferring information—demonstrated by machines, as opposed to intelligence displayed by animals and humans. Example tasks in which this is done include speech re ...
through
human interaction
The concept of interpersonal relationship involves social associations, connections, or affiliations between two or more people. Interpersonal relationships vary in their degree of intimacy or self-disclosure, but also in their duration, in t ...
.
Purpose
The stated purpose of the project is to create an artificial intelligence that is capable of passing the
Turing Test
The Turing test, originally called the imitation game by Alan Turing in 1950, is a test of a machine's ability to artificial intelligence, exhibit intelligent behaviour equivalent to, or indistinguishable from, that of a human. Turing propos ...
. It is designed to mimic human interaction and to carry out conversations with users. It is not designed to carry out any other functions.
Unlike more traditional AI programs, the learning technology is intended as a form of entertainment rather than being used for computer support systems or corporate representation. Recent developments do allow a more scripted, controlled approach to sit atop the general conversational AI, aiming to bring together the best of both approaches, and usage in the fields of sales and marketing is underway.
The ultimate intention is that the program move from a text based system to be wholly voice operated—learning directly from sound and other sensory inputs. Its creator believes that it can be incorporated into objects around the home such as robots or
talking pets, intending both to be useful and entertaining, keeping people company.
Cleverbot
Cleverbot
Cleverbot is a chatterbot web application that uses machine learning techniques to have conversations with humans. It was created by British AI scientist Rollo Carpenter. It was preceded by Jabberwacky, a chatbot project that began in 1988 and ...
is the evolved version of the older Jabberwacky chatterbot, or
chatbot
A chatbot or chatterbot is a Software agent, software application used to conduct an on-line chat conversation via text or Speech synthesis, text-to-speech, in lieu of providing direct contact with a live human agent. Designed to convincingly si ...
, originally launched in 1997 on the web.
[{{Cite web, url=https://www.businessinsider.in/No-Ones-Talking-About-The-Amazing-Chatbot-That-Passed-The-Turing-Test-3-Years-Ago/articleshow/36452106.cms, title=No One's Talking About The Amazing Chatbot That Passed The Turing Test 3 Years Ago] Jabberwacky's website is now tagged as "legacy only."
Timeline
* 1981 – The first incarnation of this project is created as a program hard-coded on a
Sinclair ZX81
The ZX81 is a home computer that was produced by Sinclair Research and manufactured in Dundee, Scotland, by Timex Corporation. It was launched in the United Kingdom in March 1981 as the successor to Sinclair's ZX80 and designed to be a low-co ...
.
* 1988 – Learning AI project founded as 'Thoughts'
* 1997 – Launched on the Internet as 'Jabberwacky'
* October 2003 – Jabberwacky is awarded third place in the
Loebner Prize The Loebner Prize was an annual competition in artificial intelligence that awards prizes to the computer programs considered by the judges to be the most human-like. The prize is reported as defunct since 2020. The format of the competition was tha ...
. It was beaten by
Juergen Pirner's Jabberwock (A German-based chat program)
* September 2004 – Jabberwacky is awarded second place in the Loebner Prize. It was beaten by computer chat program
A.L.I.C.E. A.L.I.C.E. (Artificial Linguistic Internet Computer Entity), also referred to as Alicebot, or simply Alice, is a natural language processing chatterbot—a program that engages in a conversation with a human by applying some heuristical pattern ...
* September 2005 – George, a character within Jabberwacky, wins the Loebner Prize
* September 2006 – Joan, another Jabberwacky character, wins the Loebner Prize
* October 2008 – A new variant of Jabberwacky is launched, more fuzzy and with deeper context, under the name
Cleverbot
Cleverbot is a chatterbot web application that uses machine learning techniques to have conversations with humans. It was created by British AI scientist Rollo Carpenter. It was preceded by Jabberwacky, a chatbot project that began in 1988 and ...
See also
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Artificial Linguistic Internet Computer Entity A.L.I.C.E. (Artificial Linguistic Internet Computer Entity), also referred to as Alicebot, or simply Alice, is a natural language processing chatterbot—a program that engages in a conversation with a human by applying some heuristical pattern ...
(ALICE)
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Chatterbot
A chatbot or chatterbot is a software application used to conduct an on-line chat conversation via text or text-to-speech, in lieu of providing direct contact with a live human agent. Designed to convincingly simulate the way a human would behav ...
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Loebner Prize The Loebner Prize was an annual competition in artificial intelligence that awards prizes to the computer programs considered by the judges to be the most human-like. The prize is reported as defunct since 2020. The format of the competition was tha ...
References
External links
www.jabberwacky.comThe Official Website
to the Loebner Prize 2005
Chatbots
Applied machine learning