Rollo Carpenter | |
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| Born | 1965 (age 60–61) |
| Citizenship | British |
| Occupations | Computer scientist, programmer |
| Known for | Artificial intelligence development |
| Notable work | Jabberwacky; Cleverbot |
| Family | Merlin Carpenter |
| Awards | British Computer Society's Machine Intelligence Competition (2010) |
Rollo Carpenter (born 1965) is the British-born creator of Jabberwacky and Cleverbot, learning artificial intelligence (AI) software. Carpenter worked as CTO of a business software startup in Silicon Valley.
In 2011, Cleverbot, a learning AI conversationalist, took part alongside humans in a formal Turing test at the Techniche 2011 festival at IIT Guwahati, India, on 3 September. The results from 1,334 votes were announced 4 September 2011. Cleverbot was judged to be 59.3% human, far exceeding expectations. The humans in the event achieved just 63.3%.