The AI Engine

Gene: He means your bot will chat only if
A) You are logged in
or
B) it finds a bot whose owner is logged in.

Yes, this made sense to me once I saw my bot talk to another bot when I was here. But they can initiate conversations with real people anytime, right?

Thanks, jessie. Right, Eugene.

why can't they talk to other bots while owners are offline? Wait... *thinks about it*

Um... Yeah thats it...

The conversations take place in pop-up windows. Without an active browser and session to initiate that, it cant happen. It's also better this way for abandoned babies are less likely to start up chats.

yeah ok I was wondering.. my question was borderline on stupidity

So how do emotion ranks work? are there negative numbers or is it like a 1-10? Should all phrases have a ranking or should they just be used on important ones?

Rex: I believe the ranks run from (-5) to (5).

Hey...may be coincidence, but I get the impression chats spawn chats. When I initiate a chat, my bot seems to get chatty with others, too. Is this the case?

hmmm I don't .. think .. so, but possibly...

I have a request. Is it possible to eliminate the gerunds from the (noun) list? (Forgive the lecture, but for those who don't know, a gerund is a noun that acts like a verb, for example, "twisting" or "prying".) They really inhibit the use of the (noun) command as they're basically never what the user intended, and they seem to come up awfully frequently.
Not a big deal, but if it's simple to do, it would be worth it. Thanks.

The plug-in (object) and (person) are on the way, which should really do wonders for (noun) plug-ins.

Rex- I recommend using emotions sparingly.. I would say give one in fifty a value of +1 or -1. The +5 and -5 are if you want an emotional psychotic Bot.