loebner prize

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loebner prize - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  Loebner Prize
  
     <artificial intelligence> An annual competition in artificial intelligence
      started by Dr. Hugh Loebner of New York City
     in 1991.  A $100,000 prize is offered to the author of the
     first computer program to pass an unrestricted Turing test.
     Annual competitions are held each year with a $2000 prize for
     the best program on a restricted Turing test.
  
     Sponsors of previous competitions include: Apple Computer,
     Computerland, Crown Industries, GDE Systems, IBM Personal
     Computer Company's Center for Natural Computing, Greenwich
     Capital Markets, Motorola, the National Science Foundation
     , The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and The Weingart
     Foundation.
  
     The 1995 and 1996 events were unrestricted Turing Tests,
     requiring computer entries to converse indefinitely with no
     topic restrictions.  So far, even the best programs give
     themselves away almost immediately, either by simple
     grammatical mistakes or by repetition.
  
     Complete transcripts and IBM compatible diskettes that play
     the 1991, 1992, and 1993 conversations in real-time are
     available for purchase from the Cambridge Center for
     Behavioral Studies (telephone: +1 (617) 491 9020, Fax: 1072).
     Sponsorship opportunities are available.
  
     Loebner Prize Home (http://loebner.net/).
  
     (2003-11-30)