Hugh Loebner

Updated: 12/01/2019 by Computer Hope

Name: Hugh Gene Loebner

Born: March 26, 1942, in Seattle, Washington, USA

Death: December 4, 2016 (Age: 74)

Computer-related contributions

American inventor, and holder of six U.S. patents.
Sponsor of The Loebner Prize for Artificial Intelligence. It seeks to incentivize scientists to develop a computer system that can pass the Turing Test.