- By Manisha Salecha
Artificial Intelligence, as a concept has long existed. The thought that machines can think was brought loud and clear by Alan Turing in the 1950’s. Few scientists during that time did take his thoughts seriously and worked upon his finding to make advancements in the field of AI and today AI has started taking its roots into various fields.
Hugh Loebner was one such person who understood the value of Alan’s thought and in 1990 introduced Loebner Prize, a contest in the field of artificial intelligence to promote advancements in AI research.
What is Loebner Prize?
Loebner Prize is an annual competition in Artificial Intelligence. This competition attempts to find a chatbot which is most human-like based on the judgments of the judges in the competition. The Loebner Prize for artificial intelligence (AI ) is the first formal instantiation of a Turing Test.
In the year 1990 Hugh Loebner agreed to collaborate with the Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies to endorse a contest
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Manisha Salecha
Manisha is a Senior Content Analyst with Analytics India Magazine. Apart from writing & editing articles and taking interviews, she is also responsible for covering analytics news, and handling social media for AIM. She can be contacted on manisha.salecha@analyticsindiamag.com.
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