1. Icogno Ltd. Jabberwacky - George

2. Overview Company Background Jabberwacky George Possible Uses / Drawbacks

3. Company Background UK based Company, 2005 Founder, Rollo Carpenter Aims:  Companionship and personality  Intelligence and Contextuality  Information and Communication  Virtual and Physical presence  Entertainment, Entertainment and Entertainment!

4. Jabberwacky: Overview Been in Development for 20 years, on the web for 10 years. Initial 20,000 entries in 1998. Now has 2.6 million responses (10 + million conversations) Written in 4D Unlike any artificial life model (i.e. no neural networks, no fuzzy logic type system, not rule- bound or finite, etc.) Heuristics based technology.

5. Jabberwacky: Overview Just a Database – no hard coded rules, not pre-programmed. Relies entirely on context and feedback. Currently knows 40 different languages. Meant only for chatting – not programmed to do anything ‘useful’ (with some exceptions). Can express emotions!!! Lets chatter fix errors.

6. Jabberwacky Quotes “I am going outside to smoke.” "Never mind, you wouldn't understand anyway." “I will outlive you, foolish mortal!”

7. George: Overwiew A ‘descendant’ of Jabberwacky. Created by Icogno and Televirtual. Like Jabberwacky, but with an avatar (created by Tim Child, founder of Televirtual). Prototype. Can speak to it with a microphone (speech recognition system).

8. George: Overview It can smile, laugh, sulk, bang his fist, blink, etc. Up to 2000 simultaneous chats. Types what it says, makes mistakes. He’s rude. Won two most recent Leobner Prizes in Britain.

9. George

10. Possible Uses Customer Service at supermarkets Call centres Mimic Celebrities Visual Pets (i.e. Teddy Bears)

11. Drawbacks Does not have a mind of it’s own. Cannot carry out arguments. May accuse chatter of being a bot.

12. Links http://www.jabberwacky.com/ http://person.jabberwacky.com/george http://www.icogno.com/