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Well written and might be a helpful addition to the book of AI.

so would you actually put the (*) after where do?

Yep. (*) means that something has to be there. Example: if your keyphrase is "are you looking forward to" and your response is "Yes, I look forward to (postkey) every year" then you'd be in good shape if the other chatter said, "Are you looking forward to Christmas?" Your bot would respond, "Yes, I look forward to Christmas every year".

But you'd also get a match on the keyphrase if the other chatter said, "What kind of holiday are you looking forward to?" In this case there's no postkey--nothing after "forward to"--so your bot might say, "Yes, I look forward to every year", which doesn't make a ton of sense.

If your keyphrase is "are you looking forward to (*)" then "What kind of holiday are you looking forward to?" wouldn't match, because there's no postkey, and the (*) tells the AI engine that *something* must follow "forward to" for a match to occur.

thanks for that. Now I have another question. I made a plugin that I didn't want to be shared. Now I can't find it.

My "where do, why do, how do" question keyphrases don't use (*), although it would work the same way.
I just have: Where do
with responses using (postkey) instead of (key1), since there has to be more after "where do" to make sense.

Unless they're calling you a wheredo.

Eggroll--go to the Plugins page, and scroll down to the very bottom of the page. There ought to be a separate section showing you the plugins you've created.

Once I got my head shaved so close it was more of a "wheredo" than a "hairdo."

Hey i like the advice you gave me, but how do you have your bot respond to a question the chatter asks it? Also if I have to add another keyprase, wat should I call it?

Keyphrase= What someone will say to your bot
So, you make keyphrases for questions you think the chatter will ask her, like "how are you" or what are you doing", then put responses in the response column. Next you chat with her, try asking her those questions, and see how she does.

Advice to new botmasters: Print out the book of AI and mull over it every time you get a chance, it took me a while to understand it all, so don't give up. The Debug mode is helpful too. I used it a lot.

Dallymo - where you said "You could actually have all three of these keyphrases, and rank them so that "where do you live" has the highest rank, "where do you (*)" has the second highest, and "where do (*)" has the third highest. If someone asks your bot "Where do you live?" it's a keyphrase match for all three of these phrases, but if you've ranked "where do you live" highest your bot should select that keyphrase for her response."

I don't believe you have to alter the rank on those since the AI engine tries to match the longest phrase it can find.. therefore "where do you live" automatically rates higher than "where do you (*)", which likewise rates higher than "where do (*)".