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- noun computer science A computer program that holds
conversations through achat room .
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A chatbot is a computer programme designed to hold a spoken or written coversation with a human.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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Projecting a personality into what we now call a chatbot says more about the user than it does about the algorithms involved, and while having a computer stacking blocks recalls child's play, they aren't imagining castles while they're doing it.
SD Times Latest News 2010
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With computers demonstrating a basic ability to understand human language, it's only a matter of time before they pass the famous "Turing test," in which "chatbot" programs compete to fool human judges into believing that they are human.
When Computers Beat Humans on Jeopardy Ray Kurzweil 2011
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The world’s most sophisticated "chatbot" – invented by British scientists – can talk on the internet with hundreds of different people at the same time, but each person has the impression that it is only talking to them.
Chatterbox George, a Robot that’s Fooling Everyone | Impact Lab 2006
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I KNEW it, you are a chatbot!!!! hahaha Excellent costume!
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Last year, the best chatbot contestant fooled the human judges 25% of the time.
When Computers Beat Humans on Jeopardy Ray Kurzweil 2011
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Who themselves frequently communicate through canned e-mail, responding to queries in much the same manner as an ELIZA program, the classic chatbot which recognizes key words and responds with strings of pre-programmed phrases.
William Bradley: Harsh Realm: The Post-Press Era and Meg Whitman 2010
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In development for several years, the character, named "E," is designed to interact with humans in a way that sounds similar to a chatbot, albeit a really demented chatbot.
Boing Boing 2008
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Who themselves frequently communicate through canned e-mail, responding to queries in much the same manner as an ELIZA program, the classic chatbot which recognizes key words and responds with strings of pre-programmed phrases.
William Bradley: Harsh Realm: The Post-Press Era and Meg Whitman 2010
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Gartner market research has predicted that by 2010, 15 percent of Fortune 1,000 companies will use some sort of chatbot for online customer service.
Your Call Is (Not That) Important to Us Emily Yellin 2009
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