Don't Read Me: Program dB

This document describes the organization and use of Program dB, an experimental Alicebot engine that won the Loebner Prize in October 2001. Ideally this document will be obsolete shortly, as the new features of Program dB are integrated into the reference implementation and other Alicebot engines. Program dB is meant to be little more than a platform for conducting experiments, not a piece of production quality software.

1. Loebner Prize - The Loebner Prize is an annual competition in artificial intelligence that awards prizes to the computer programs considered by the judges to be the most human-like.