<s>
Cleverbot	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
chatterbot	B-Protocol
web	B-Application
application	I-Application
that	O
uses	O
machine	O
learning	O
techniques	O
to	O
have	O
conversations	O
with	O
humans	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
created	O
by	O
British	O
AI	B-Application
scientist	O
Rollo	O
Carpenter	O
and	O
launched	O
in	O
October	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
preceded	O
by	O
Jabberwacky	B-Protocol
,	O
a	O
chatbot	B-Protocol
project	O
that	O
began	O
in	O
1988	O
and	O
went	O
online	O
in	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
its	O
first	O
decade	O
,	O
Cleverbot	B-Protocol
held	O
several	O
thousand	O
conversations	O
with	O
Carpenter	O
and	O
his	O
associates	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Besides	O
the	O
web	B-Application
application	I-Application
,	O
Cleverbot	B-Protocol
is	O
also	O
available	O
as	O
an	O
iOS	B-Application
,	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Windows	B-Protocol
Phone	I-Protocol
app	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cleverbot	B-Protocol
's	O
responses	O
are	O
not	O
pre-programmed	O
because	O
it	O
learns	O
from	O
human	O
input	O
:	O
Humans	O
type	O
into	O
the	O
box	O
below	O
the	O
Cleverbot	B-Protocol
logo	O
and	O
the	O
system	O
finds	O
all	O
keywords	O
or	O
an	O
exact	O
phrase	O
matching	O
the	O
input	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
searching	O
through	O
its	O
saved	O
conversations	O
,	O
it	O
responds	O
to	O
the	O
input	O
by	O
finding	O
how	O
a	O
human	O
responded	O
to	O
that	O
input	O
when	O
it	O
was	O
asked	O
,	O
in	O
part	O
or	O
in	O
full	O
,	O
by	O
Cleverbot	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cleverbot	B-Protocol
participated	O
in	O
a	O
formal	O
Turing	O
test	O
at	O
the	O
2011	O
Techniche	O
festival	O
at	O
the	O
Indian	O
Institute	O
of	O
Technology	O
Guwahati	O
on	O
3	O
September	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Out	O
of	O
the	O
1334	O
votes	O
cast	O
,	O
Cleverbot	B-Protocol
was	O
judged	O
to	O
be	O
59.3	O
%	O
human	O
,	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
rating	O
of	O
63.3	O
%	O
human	O
achieved	O
by	O
human	O
participants	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
running	O
for	O
the	O
event	O
had	O
to	O
handle	O
just	O
1	O
or	O
2	O
simultaneous	O
requests	O
,	O
whereas	O
online	O
Cleverbot	B-Protocol
is	O
usually	O
talking	O
to	O
around	O
10,000	O
to	O
50,000	O
people	O
at	O
once	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cleverbot	B-Protocol
is	O
constantly	O
growing	O
in	O
data	O
size	O
at	O
the	O
rate	O
of	O
400	O
to	O
7	O
million	O
interactions	O
per	O
second	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2014	O
,	O
Cleverbot	B-Protocol
was	O
upgraded	O
to	O
use	O
GPU	B-Architecture
serving	O
techniques	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
Eliza	B-Application
,	O
the	O
program	O
does	O
not	O
respond	O
in	O
a	O
fixed	O
way	O
,	O
instead	O
choosing	O
its	O
responses	O
heuristically	O
using	O
fuzzy	O
logic	O
,	O
the	O
whole	O
of	O
the	O
conversation	O
being	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
millions	O
that	O
have	O
taken	O
place	O
before	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cleverbot	B-Protocol
now	O
uses	O
over	O
279	O
million	O
interactions	O
,	O
about	O
3-4	O
%	O
of	O
the	O
data	O
it	O
has	O
already	O
accumulated	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
developers	O
of	O
Cleverbot	B-Protocol
are	O
attempting	O
to	O
build	O
a	O
new	O
version	O
using	O
machine	O
learning	O
techniques	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
significant	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
engine	O
behind	O
Cleverbot	B-Protocol
and	O
an	O
API	O
for	O
accessing	O
it	O
has	O
been	O
made	O
available	O
to	O
developers	O
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
Cleverscript	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
service	O
for	O
directly	O
accessing	O
Cleverbot	B-Protocol
has	O
been	O
made	O
available	O
to	O
developers	O
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
Cleverbot.io	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
other	O
such	O
games	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
asks	O
the	O
questions	O
and	O
it	O
is	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
the	O
AI	B-Application
to	O
understand	O
,	O
and	O
answer	O
factually	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
app	O
that	O
allows	O
owners	O
to	O
create	O
and	O
talk	O
to	O
their	O
own	O
small	O
Cleverbot-like	O
AI	B-Application
has	O
been	O
launched	O
,	O
called	O
Cleverme	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
early	O
2017	O
,	O
a	O
Twitch	O
stream	O
of	O
two	O
Google	B-Device
Home	I-Device
devices	O
modified	O
to	O
talk	O
to	O
each	O
other	O
using	O
Cleverbot.io	O
garnered	O
over	O
700,000	O
visitors	O
and	O
over	O
30,000	O
peak	O
concurrent	O
viewers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
late	O
2010	O
,	O
Cleverbot	B-Protocol
received	O
widespread	O
media	O
attention	O
after	O
being	O
featured	O
in	O
the	O
popular	O
creepypasta	O
ARG	O
web	O
serial	O
Ben	O
Drowned	O
by	O
Alexander	O
D	O
.	O
Hall	O
.	O
</s>
