Hugh Loebner

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Hugh Loebner was an American inventor and philanthropist best known for founding and sponsoring the Loebner Prize, an early annual competition in artificial intelligence based on the Turing Test.

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instanceOf businessperson
human
inventor
philanthropist
activityStart late 20th century
areaOfInfluence artificial intelligence research community
chatbot development
associatedWithConcept Turing test NERFINISHED
associatedWithEvent annual Loebner Prize competition
causeOfDeath suicide
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1942-01-26
dateOfDeath 2016-12-04
describedBySource obituaries in technology and AI media
educatedAt Syracuse University NERFINISHED
familyName Loebner NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork artificial intelligence
computing
philanthropy
founded Loebner Prize NERFINISHED
gender male
givenName Hugh
hasFamilyName Loebner NERFINISHED
hasGivenName Hugh NERFINISHED
hasRole financial sponsor of AI prize
founder of AI competition
knownFor Loebner Prize NERFINISHED
languageOfWorkOrName English
motivation promotion of research on natural language conversation in machines
name Hugh Gene Loebner NERFINISHED
nationality American
notableFor establishing an annual Turing Test competition
notableWork founding the Loebner Prize
occupation businessperson
inventor
philanthropist
placeOfBirth New York NERFINISHED
New York City
United States of America
placeOfDeath New York NERFINISHED
New York City
United States of America
residence New York City
sponsorOf Loebner Prize NERFINISHED

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Loebner Prize sponsor Hugh Loebner