At the core
of stakes we have: the ability to build
socialbots that can acquire knowledge and opinions from the web, and express
them in context just as a human would in everyday conversations. The
development of technologies for social conversation.
We also have
great ideas for leveraging real-world conversational AI
technologies like Alexa to create software that can converse as engagingly as
humans.
In effect,
Amazon announced the Alexa Prize, an annual university competition dedicated to
accelerating the field of conversational artificial intelligence (AI). The goal of the inaugural competition
is to build a “socialbot” on Alexa that will converse with people about popular
topics and news events. The team with the highest-performing socialbot will win
a $500,000 prize. Additionally, a
prize of $1 million will be awarded to the winning team’s university if their
socialbot achieves the grand challenge of conversing coherently and engagingly
with humans for 20 minutes.
We also have
great ideas for leveraging real-world conversational AI
technologies like Alexa to create software that can converse as engagingly as
humans.
