Hugh Loebner pictured showing the Bronze medal presented to the 2011 Loebner Prize winner
The results are announced: Congratulations to Bruce Wilcox's Rosette as the 2011 Loebner Prize winner!2011 Loebner Prize results
The 2011 Loebner Prize was held at the University of Exeter on the 19th October.
Judging Panel
| Professor Noel Sharkey |
Professor of Artificial Intelligence & Robotics, University of Sheffield |
| Dr Antony Galton | Reader in Knowledge Representation, University of Exeter |
| Paul Marks | Chief Technology Correspondent, New Scientist |
| Jonny O'Callaghan |
Staff Writer, How it Works Magazine |
Confederates
Mark, Steve & Dawn (University of Exeter), Samantha (University of Plymouth)
Finalists
| ChipVivant | Mohan Embar |
| Rosette | Bruce Wilcox |
| Tutor |
Ron Lee |
| Zoe | Adeena Mignogna |
Results
The contest was comprised of four rounds. In each round, the judge was paired with a new AI entry and human confederate ensuring that each judge interacts with every AI and human during the course of the contest. At the end of each round the judges must decide which entity is the computer. At the end of the contest, the judges ranked the AI entries and humans. The results are as follows:
Main Contest
None of the AI systems fooled the judges, therefore the Turing Test has not been passed and the Silver Medal was not awarded. The bronze medal and cash prizes were therefore awarded based on the ranks awarded by the judges which were as follows:
| Entry | Mean Rank (lower is better) | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| Rosette |
1.5 | Bronze Medal & $4000 |
| Zoe | 2.25 |
$1000
|
| ChipVivant | 3 |
$500 |
| Tutor |
3.25 |
$250 |
Congratulations to Bruce Wilcox's Rosette as the 2011 Loebner Prize winner!
Junior Prize
None of the AI systems fooled the junior judges which were conducted over shorter, 10 minute rounds. However the ranks were significantly different.
| Entry | Mean Rank (lower is better) | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| Tutor |
2 |
$200 |
| Zoe |
2 |
$200 |
| ChipVivant | 2.75 |
- |
| Rosette |
3.25 |
- |
