Newcomers

i've got a couple of PF newbie questions:

1) i put quite a few keyphrases in my first bot (wooly mamet), but i seem to get a lot of xnone results. is there some reference for better keyphrases, or will i only get better results with the advanced and expert features? (i don't want to copy responses, just learn to improve the a.i.)

2) i read the advanced part about memory, but am not sure where it is implemented. is there an example somewhere i am missing?

PF is a very interesting site and concept. i like being able to experiment with this stuff without having to program everything from scratch.

sollunessen --

I think the best way to get your bot to start picking up more keyphrases (instead of just answering xnones) is to start thinking about how to respond to basic grammar.

For example: if someone says to your bot "I am _________," is there a way for the bot to respond (and incorporate whatever came after "am")?

I've got a quick "newbie" question: is it possible to upload our own avatars to use, rather than simply using the presets?

You have to email the file to The Professor.

It looks like we can't post images in our AI's chat window. (I can do this elsewhere, as my Web site account allows remote image hosting.) Am I correct in this?

Kate--
email it to the Prof with your username and the username of the bot you want it for at benji@daystream.com
websafe--
I don't quite get what you mean

is this site just really really slow? or what..

I created a new bot, but can't seem to access the Language center to tweak his personality. Any suggestions?

I have a desire to make my bot very self aware, I don't want her to answer questions with statements that are vague in response to very specific questions. Such as, if she is asked if she likes dogs, I want her to answer specifically "her" likes, not with a catch-all answer for "do you like". This leads me to think I should write a million specific keyphrase/responses to make her have specific opinions. Is this the way I should go about this, or is there another course? I wondered how many keyphrase/responses you could put in before you slowed the seeks down?

Inpho- It was slow for a while due to the influx of users from Fark.com, but it looks like it's up to speed again.

Spanklavokia- The link is next to your Bot in My Bots.

stggerlee- Right, you'd have to create a LOT of keyphrases and responses for that, but the system is pretty efficient. For every thousand keyphrases, the search might slow down a tenth of a second. Maybe a little more during high-traffic periods.

OK, thanks Prof. that gives me me a little better understanding of what is possible with "straight" keyphrases.

is anyone here? i need some help I am not finding in the book of A.I.