Chatterbots classified!

Chatterbots are text-based conversation agents that can interact with human users through some medium, such as an instant message service. Some chatterbots are designed for specific purposes, while others converse with human users on a wide range of topics.

Chatterbots can be classified into categories depending on their functions. Some example are:

Classic chatterbots
• Dr. Sbaitso
• ELIZA
• PARRY
• Racter (or Claude Chatterbot)
• Mark V Shaney

General chatterbots
• Albert One - 1998 and 1999 Loebner winner, by Robby Garner.
• A.L.I.C.E. - 2001, 2002, and 2004 Loebner Prize winner developed by Richard Wallace.
• Charlix
• Elbot - 2008 Loebner Prize winner, by Fred Roberts.
• Fred - an early chatterbot by Robby Garner.
• Spookitalk - A chatterbot used for NPCs in Douglas Adams' Starship Titanic video game.
• Jabberwacky
• Jeeney AI
• MegaHAL
• Verbot
• Cleverbot (winner of the 2010 Mechanical Intelligence Competition)

IM chatterbots
• GooglyMinotaur, specializing in Radiohead, the first bot released by ActiveBuddy (June 2001-March 2002)
• SmarterChild, developed by ActiveBuddy and released in June 2001
• Infobot, an assistant on IRC channels such as #perl, primarily to help out with answering Frequently Asked Questions (June 1995-today)

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