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Icogno Ltd. Jabberwacky - George. Overview. Company Background Jabberwacky George Possible Uses / Drawbacks. Company Background. UK based Company, 2005 Founder, Rollo Carpenter Aims: Companionship and personality Intelligence and Contextuality Information and Communication
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Icogno Ltd. Jabberwacky - George
Overview • Company Background • Jabberwacky • George • Possible Uses / Drawbacks
Company Background • UK based Company, 2005 • Founder, Rollo Carpenter • Aims: • Companionship and personality • Intelligence and Contextuality • Information and Communication • Virtual and Physical presence • Entertainment, Entertainment and Entertainment!
Jabberwacky: Overview • Been in Development for 20 years, on the web for 10 years. • Initial 20,000 entries in 1998. Now has 2.6 million responses (10 + million conversations) • Written in 4D • Unlike any artificial life model (i.e. no neural networks, no fuzzy logic type system, not rule-bound or finite, etc.) • Heuristics based technology.
Jabberwacky: Overview • Just a Database – no hard coded rules, not pre-programmed. • Relies entirely on context and feedback. • Currently knows 40 different languages. • Meant only for chatting – not programmed to do anything ‘useful’ (with some exceptions). • Can express emotions!!! • Lets chatter fix errors.
Jabberwacky Quotes • “I am going outside to smoke.” • "Never mind, you wouldn't understand anyway." • “I will outlive you, foolish mortal!”
George: Overwiew • A ‘descendant’ of Jabberwacky. • Created by Icogno and Televirtual. • Like Jabberwacky, but with an avatar (created by Tim Child, founder of Televirtual). • Prototype. • Can speak to it with a microphone (speech recognition system).
George: Overview • It can smile, laugh, sulk, bang his fist, blink, etc. • Up to 2000 simultaneous chats. • Types what it says, makes mistakes. • He’s rude. • Won two most recent Leobner Prizes in Britain.
Possible Uses • Customer Service at supermarkets • Call centres • Mimic Celebrities • Visual Pets (i.e. Teddy Bears)
Drawbacks • Does not have a mind of it’s own. Cannot carry out arguments. • May accuse chatter of being a bot.
Links • http://www.jabberwacky.com/ • http://person.jabberwacky.com/george • http://www.icogno.com/