1. Pick two keywords that describe this event. "TED" and "XPrize" seem like good candidates since they (together) identify this.
2. Go to Google (in a private browsing window, if you wish non-bubble results) and type in these keywords together. Here is an example URL: https://www.google.com/search?q=TED+Xprize . Order is irrelevant so long as phrases are maintained as phrases.
4. Observe that the page says that the rules are not yet set in stone but that a 'sample' exists: http://www.xprize.org/ted-rules
5. Follow that link to reach a page which says that "...the competing A.I. is given 30 minutes to prepare a compelling 3 min TED Talk" once it receives a subject.
The conclusion is the following:
The AI must actually construct the TED Talk, i.e. the words of the TED Talk must be programmatically constructed given a topic.
This being the case, I doubt your TI-99/4A would deliver a performance compelling enough to stand and applaud. While I'm sure you searched before asking the question, I hope that this guide helped you construct your search for information better.
Ha ha, certainly, that would have been nice. I'm disappointed that I didn't even draw a chuckle. After all, I'm a human posting a mechanical sounding comment on a thread about machines speaking like humans.
1. Pick two keywords that describe this event. "TED" and "XPrize" seem like good candidates since they (together) identify this.
2. Go to Google (in a private browsing window, if you wish non-bubble results) and type in these keywords together. Here is an example URL: https://www.google.com/search?q=TED+Xprize . Order is irrelevant so long as phrases are maintained as phrases.
3. Click the first non-ad result: http://www.xprize.org/ted
4. Observe that the page says that the rules are not yet set in stone but that a 'sample' exists: http://www.xprize.org/ted-rules
5. Follow that link to reach a page which says that "...the competing A.I. is given 30 minutes to prepare a compelling 3 min TED Talk" once it receives a subject.
The conclusion is the following:
The AI must actually construct the TED Talk, i.e. the words of the TED Talk must be programmatically constructed given a topic.
This being the case, I doubt your TI-99/4A would deliver a performance compelling enough to stand and applaud. While I'm sure you searched before asking the question, I hope that this guide helped you construct your search for information better.