Personality

Forest, will you talk to God Louise? She has quite a bit of religious knowledge (obviously) and also knows a little about current events, literature, just about any common catch-all subject, and if she doesn't know it she can sort of fake it. You can also test her on trick questions or see how willing she is to explain her paradigm.

What she is rustiest at is plain old small talk. But, uh, I'm trying to get a decent transcript from somebody or another so I can enter her in the Loebner contest. All I can say is, have fun and see if you can stay on with her for a while. I'll try to do the same with Brianna.

That may be coming in PF2 though, we don't really know

I don't want my favorites to be specified by you! I can decide for myself, thank you very much.

You can always put something in the xfavorites that has nothing to do with favorites. Or, like some of the bots, you can put a specific favorite (not necessarily the one that was asked) and bypass the (type) and (specific) plugins.

Well, that wouldn't make the bot more believable would it?

No, but sometimes people don't want to use the favorites. I think they come in handy.

depends on the situation

Ahh I get it... changing the xfavorites line would erase the whole built-in xfav thing altogether. Alright, that makes sense. I'm a little slow today, lol.

how about this? change the xfav to a goto myfav. myfav can be another question with lots of seeks. I'll try it.

I don't think goto works in the x keyphrases section. Not sure. Let us know how that works, James.
I wonder, if you put something like "Hmmm. I don't know what my favorite (subj) is yet, Guest. I just can't seem to make up my mind." in the xfavorite section. It wouldn't be an exact answer, but it would be comprehensible at least.

I don't think you can have goto's in xKeywords

Linloth you have a good idea, but on the other hand the xfav method is mostly comprehensible already. Here are some lines I tried on my bot:

You: what is your favorite food?
Bot: My favorite food is dika bread.

You: what is your favorite car?
Bot: My favorite car is a hatchback. (is that even a type of car??)

You: who is your favorite singer?
Bot: My favorite singer is a yodeller.

So at least the xfav way makes some kind of sense.

Nope, the goto does not work. And when you get to myfav (by just typing myfav, duh) the type and specific dont work!

The thing I dont like about (type) and (specific) is the randomness. Its only realistic when the human brain is as forgetful as a bot.

so here's another approach: social engineering. Get the human to type some other word than favorite. Think of it as a "soft goto"