Article 29537 of comp.ai: Path: cantaloupe.srv.cs.cmu.edu!rochester!udel!gatech!swrinde!hopper.acm.org!ACM.ORG!LOEBNER From: loebner@ACM.ORG (Hugh Loebner) Newsgroups: comp.ai,comp.ai.games,comp.ai.nat-lang Subject: 1996 Loebner Prize Call for Entries Date: 4 May 1995 16:42:08 GMT Organization: ACM Network Services Lines: 32 Message-ID: <3ob050$8fg@hopper.acm.org> Reply-To: loebner@ACM.ORG NNTP-Posting-Host: acm.org Xref: glinda.oz.cs.cmu.edu comp.ai:29537 comp.ai.games:1223 comp.ai.nat-lang:3311 ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR ENTRIES 1996 Loebner Prize Contest - $2000 and a medal The 1996 Loebner Prize Competition in Artificial Intelligence will be held Friday, April, 19, 1996 in New York City. A prize of $2000 and a bronze medal will be awarded to the individual or group whose computer entry is judged "most human." The rules for the 1996 competition are the same as for the 1995 competition with the following exceptions: 1. The Grand Prize of $100,000 will not be at risk. (*) (*) In order to win the Grand Prize, an entry in the contest must be prepared to deal with audio-visual input. Anyone wishing to submit a computer entry having the capability to respond to a/v input in a "human" manner should notify the Project Director, Hugh Loebner loebner@acm.org. 2. The closing date for entries is Friday, March 15, 1996 and the contest date is April 19,1996. 3. The transcription data files shall be named LP96-nn.TXT eg LP96-01.TXT. Where nn (00 -> 99) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hugh Loebner, Pres. Crown Industries, Inc. 155 N Park St, East Orange NJ 07017 Mfgs of Roll-Up Plastic Lighted Portable Disco Dance Floors and Other Essential Products for Home and Industry Crown Industries is *proud* to be a Corporate Sponsor of The Loebner Prize for Artificial Intelligence Tel:Business 1-800-GO-CROWN Personal Voice Mail 1-500-EGO-TRIP e-mail loebner@acm.org