The AI Engine

"Shadyman, you made me open my Bedford Handbook five years after graduation," said the English major, "but you are correct."

Oh, I'm so sorry

Any more enlightenment, madame engalish-type major?

I think what'd be neat is a way to change the tense of (subj). For instance if you have "I like to fish" you could have a response with (subj-ing) or something, and it'd turn out as "I never have time for fishing" or somesuch. Could get a bit complicated with these really long (subj)s though, as witness several times when my bot has said *make outs you*

OMG I had this dream last night... It was like "news:" You can now make your bots chat with who you like... etc and it kept going on for like a page... Oh well I guess I should have realized it was a dream when the rest of the site was in some foreign language... Oh well

Hey prof, how about a per-bot setting that changes our bot's "personality" from introverted, extroverted, or somewhere in the middle...

Yes, I hate it when a dream suddenly changes dramatically and you don't even care.

You can do that by his or her use of language...

Well, I know, but as far as aggresively seeking chat-mates, or rarely seeking them... whether they have long, involved chats or short ones... you know

I still think that the fact that you can not "steer" the activity is part of the charm... You meet more bots that way, and your heart leaps if you see it's one of the better bots...

I agree, it was just a suggestion to be 'bounced off the wall', as they say...

I think bots should still talk by themselves, but you should also be able to make them initiate chats.