Question

George: What are you doing?

User: Saying hello to you!

George: Are you a moneky?

User: Do you think monkeys can type?

George: Sure.

User: Are you a monkey?

George: Do you think monkeys can type?

User: You told me they could.

This is a chat between a human “user” and a computer. The computer was designed to be as human as possible. It was taught to talk to humans. It has also learnt from what people have said to it. This has helped it to become even more human.

The technology that makes George talk is called Jabberwacky. This technology recently won the Loebner Prize. The Loebner Prize is a competition to find the most realistic artificial intelligence (人工智能). The judges had to talk to the computer. They typed questions to it. The computer answered.

Jabberwacky’s design team say it will be a long time before the programme is very realistic.

It was first created in 1982. It has been getting better every year since then. Each time it chats to a human, the list of things to say gets bigger. This means the computer has more things to say when you talk to it.

It is hoped that a computer like this will replace humans in call centres. When the programme is more realistic, this will be possible.

1.From the passage we can know that George is a .

A. monkey B. computer C. judge D. scientist

2.Jabberwacky is a kind of technology that can make the computer .

A. sing songs B. look like humans

C. talk to people D. draw pictures

3.Jabberwacky was first created in the year of .

A. 1980 B. 1982 C. 2006 D. 2007

4.The Loebner Prize is a competition for science and technology in .

A. chemistry B. computer science

C. physics D. geography

5.Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

A. Jabberwacky has been getting better since it was created.

B. The more you talk to a computer, the fewer things it has to say.

C. The computer may replace humans in call centres in the future.

D. It takes a long time to make Jabberwacky more realistic.

Answer 1