Hi,
Players of the Chatbot Game shape the chatbot's personality and
expertise by adding simple chat rules. The better their chat rules,
the higher they will score. Higher scoring rules are more likely to
be used to generate a chatbot response.
http://chatbotgame.comhttp://chatbotgame.com/?cmd=chat_s
(Chat Spy)
http://chatbotgame.com/?cmd=chat_rs
(Rule Spy)
Would such a game be useful for learning English (or any other natural
language)? After all, to score lots of points, you will do well by
focusing on common sorts of conversation fragments -- exactly the sort
of thing that someone learning English should focus on. Moreover, you
get to see how well your rules do in actual chats in terms of a rule
score and actual conversation fragments.
Amir
P.S. Yes, English chatbots are nothing new, but the idea here is to
have people create chat rules as part of a game.
