Newcomers

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.

Ask your questions on this bulletin board, and someone will post answers soon. Or instant message someone listed under 'botmasters online' in that little right frame when you first log on. If the smiley has its mouth open, that means the person is accepting instant messages.

You may also want to look at the botmaster's profile before you contact them directly, Holyjes: the person's "honor" will tell you roughly how often they've been on the Forge, which may tell you how helpful they can be. But we're always happy to answer questions in the Forums.