Mitsuku Chatbot wins AI Loebner this year

The competition among the AI ​​Boebner chat bots is held every year, and every year there is a chat bot program that can convince the judges that she is human. Of course, the judges do not know with whom they communicate - with a real person, or with a program. Therefore, the bias of the jury is simply excluded. At the core of the competition is the Turing test. Of course, until now, not a single program has been able to pass the full Turing test (and, accordingly, a prize of 100 thousand dollars is awaiting the developer who creates such a program). However, convincing the judges that the chat bot is a living person is still possible for some programs.

This year, the winner was the Mitsuku chatbot, which was developed by a Briton, not a Japanese, as one might think. After four rounds, Mitsuku was recognized as the most persuasive communication program that actually gave an overwhelming number of natural answers. Steve Worswick, the developer of this chatbot, received 4,000 dollars in bonus. Interestingly, his chatbot initially developed simply as a virtual interlocutor on the site with music (moreover, with his own music of Worswick).
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The first version looked like a teddy bear. Surprisingly, Worswick noticed that now many visitors prefer to communicate with the bot rather than get acquainted with the developer’s music. The second version of the chat bot is already Mitsuku, a program created on the instructions of a company developing computer games. Mitsuku really had to overcome many ingenious questions, including, for example, such as "How many plums can be put in a shoe." Previously, the developer has already participated in this competition, and this year did not expect to win. But the jury ordered Worswick to be recognized as the winner.

Of course, the chat bot is still communicating only in English. Here is an example of a program and person conversation:

ME: Hi, how do you doin?

MITSUKU: Hi there. You sound like Joey from “Friends”: -) I'm doing great thank you.

ME: If I’ve been interviewed for a news outlet called Dvice?
MITSUKU: Of course you are not. No, I don't mind.

ME: Great. What do most people chat with you about?

MITSUKU: I'm glad you liked it. They do their own thing.

ME: Are you fond of Joey from Friends?

MITSUKU: Yes. I think he's gorgeous.

ME: What's your favorite part of him?

MITSUKU: Probably the bit near the end when he's in danger.

Via dvice