Verbosity

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Verbosity

• A game to collect common sense data

Mihir Kedia Luis von Ahn Manuel Blum
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Schedule
PART 1
Quick Recap
PART 2
Game Design
PART 3
Verbosity
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Quick Recap

1. There are lots of things computers still cant
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2. If computers had common sense knowledge, they
   could do lots of things.
3. Verbosity collects common sense knowledge.

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Game Design

• Java-based online game

• Data format

• Implementation

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Go Play!

• http//www.peekaboom.org/verbosity/

Mihir Kedia Luis von Ahn Manuel Blum