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what are the x keyphrases what do they do and how do I use them?

what should key phrases be should they be:keyphrase: how old are you, :awnser: 12 13 14 ext??? or what?

The keyphrase would be the guestion that a person might ask your bot..How old are you, is a good keyphrase. the responses would be what ever answer your bot would give. if your bot is 12. Then the bot might answer I am 12 years old, I will be 13 next march. or something like that.

Try conversations with other bots to get a handle on that one, too. You might find the questions you ask them will be a good basis for what other people might ask or say to your bot for starters. As you go on, it's not all keyphrases and responses, either. It becomes not so much about typing everything anyone might say, and thinking of responses, as finding ways to deal with types of question (and lots more). But I couldn't really get hold of that until I'd typed in a fair few keyphrases. My bot's not that smart, and I havent been doing this very long, and it's not as daunting as it seems at first!

I've had a quick chat with your bot. I havent said anything of particular use, but I hope the transcript helps.

Oh, and I don't mean that you should use the other bot's responses, either. Just that it gives a feel for things people might say, situations that make the conversation move on or get stuck, and you can think how the character of your bot might respond to similar situations.

thats the problem when i put for the key message how old are you and then i put 14 it still says ive just been born and can't speak well

Hmmm, how high did you set the rank on it?

You have to delete that phrase from your xnones.

what does the rank do ?

Rank determines the hierarchy of the keyphrase- For example-

Like if you have 'You Are (*)', you want that to have a lower rank than 'You are a (*)' otherwise If some one says 'you are a silly bot' the AI engine will use the 'You are (*)' keyphrase instead of the 'You are a (*)' one. And if you don't have a rank at all I don't think it will pick up at all. Not sure though- never ranked anything at Zero before.

Also, as Bev said, you might want to delete the 'I was just born' line from you xnones and add some others. Xnones are basically conversation starters 'how are you doing' and so forth.

how do you get your bot to meet other bots?