It's getting harder to find good new free desktop chatbots. Most new bots seem to be web based. I was looking around on Chatterbox Challenge 09 and noticed this Chatbot that did very well in the contest. It was voted Best Overall Bot (2nd place) and Most Popular Bot. This bot has possibilities. This was a desktop bot
and I went to the chatbot home page Dimitrios Karas and there was a download link. Here is the chat log for this bot from Chatterbot Challenge 09 home page.
Link to Artemis home page
http://users.auth.gr/~dkaras/At top of page click download.
Chatbot name: Artemis • Score: 21 • Bonus: 0
Judge name: Ehab El-agizy
E-mail: support@infradrive.com
Date: Fri, 10 April 2009, 7:40:46 pm7:40:46 pm Ehab El-agizy: Hello
7:40:57 pm Artemis: Hi, good afternoon!
7:41:05 pm Ehab El-agizy: What can I call you?
7:41:16 pm Artemis: I don't like making plans for the future. But anyway, I don't think I will.
7:41:28 pm Ehab El-agizy: What is the difference between chatbot and human?
7:42:00 pm Artemis: Hmm... I indeed am an AI chatbot.
7:42:43 pm Ehab El-agizy: Are you a chatbot or human?
7:43:03 pm Artemis: If I have to choose between the two, human.
7:43:16 pm Ehab El-agizy: You said before that you are a chatbot!
7:43:26 pm Artemis: You have a good AI bot example, in front of you!
7:43:46 pm Ehab El-agizy: When did you start chatting with people?
7:44:00 pm Artemis: I will start chatting with people in a few years from now. No need to rush.
7:44:08 pm Ehab El-agizy: I'm one from people, you must have chatted before now!
7:44:20 pm Artemis: Are you really one from people? Impressive.
7:44:38 pm Ehab El-agizy: Do you have a family?
7:44:58 pm Artemis: You don't have to tell me about your family... But I can hear about it if you want.
7:45:08 pm Ehab El-agizy: If you are a chatbot, is it possible to be a real human one day?
7:45:23 pm Artemis: I am an AI bot, right?
7:45:36 pm Ehab El-agizy: I think. Is it possible to be a real human?
7:45:58 pm Artemis: If you think so, then OK.
7:46:07 pm Ehab El-agizy: Tell me 4 words starting with the letter C?
7:46:20 pm Artemis: I can tell you 4 words starting with letter c. But why do you want to know?
7:46:35 pm Ehab El-agizy: It's important for me to know it.
7:46:49 pm Artemis: No it's definitely not! And I don't want to argue about that!
7:47:09 pm Ehab El-agizy: Ok fine, as you wish.
7:47:17 pm Artemis: Good! Glad to heat that!
7:47:27 pm Ehab El-agizy: How do you describe a color to a blind man?
7:47:36 pm Artemis: I have the impression it's yellow.
7:47:52 pm Ehab El-agizy: Have you ever dreamed before?
7:48:00 pm Artemis: No, I haven't... How about you, have you dreamed?
7:48:09 pm Ehab El-agizy: Yes
7:48:21 pm Artemis: Yes? Glad to hear that.
7:48:31 pm Ehab El-agizy: I wonder if it's easy to create a chatbot, how hard is it?
7:48:40 pm Artemis: No it's not! I'll have to disagree with you there.
7:48:50 pm Ehab El-agizy: Ok Artemis, nice to meet you and good luck.
7:48:57 pm Artemis: Of course I and good luck.
Review:
Artemis scored for the 10 questions (0,0,4,4,1,1,2,0,4,2) respectively.
Btw Artemis is a female chatbot.