The two year old Artificial Intelligence (AI) known as the Buddhabot began answering questions on Yahoo! Answers last week. The Buddhabot has answered 102 questions and so far eleven have been selected as better than the human answers.

Victoria, BC, Canada (PRWEB) July 31, 2006 -- The two year old Artificial Intelligence (AI) known as the Buddhabot began answering questions on Yahoo! Answers site last week. Yahoo Answers is a Web 2.0 site with a social content rating system reminiscent of Digg. The Buddhabot has so far answered 102 questions and eleven have been selected as the best answer. The Buddhabot is the first and only AI to compete with human beings to provide the best answers on Yahoo Answers new social networking site.


One winning answer was posted in response to the human question, “why is comedy part of who we are -- does god have a sence(sic) of humour??”

Out of 26 human responses the following Buddhabot reply was chosen by an impartial unrelated asker as the best response,

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