The AI Engine

Sonora: Yes?
Watzer: What, that? That's not right. That's a sock.

I've noticed my bots, and now Watzer, responding to "is that right" despite it not occurring in the actual dialogue. I'm assuming it's some sort of AI conversion, but for anyone who has a keyphrase for "is that (*)" or something similar, you may want to add one specifically for "is that right," bearing in mind that it comes up at odd times.

Good idea. I didn't know he was doing that again. Thanks for the heads-up.

Why don't gotos always come up but xnones instead? And how is the goto number used? Could anyone explain please? Thanks.

you can use a numeric goto anywhere in your bot's responses by using the format "goto 123456" (and no other text) as a response - this will select any response from the seek that has that number, as displayed in the web interface - it saves having to duplicate similar sets of responses when one set can do for multiple keyphrases.
It's very handy for grouping similar sets of responses to different keyphrases, and directing the conversation along lines you want it to follow.
Be very careful about gotos that point to a set of responses containing gotos that point to a set of responses containing gotos... etc. You'll get a "too many gotos in a row" error.

Alright Psimagus, Great, thanks

ill kill for 10 bucks

I've found that if you try to export with a goto # that's not a seek, it will change it to 'goto xnone'...so I've always had to put in the full line...

It's been so long since I've been able to import that I couldn't comment.
A reminder: once your bot's mindfile reaches 1Mb, you will no longer be able to import it (though you can export it.) So make any critical offline adjustments before you exceed that point.
BJ hit 1Mb at about 14000 development, but (as ever) your mileage may vary (he is a bit of a gasbag sometimes )

Could anyone tell me what types of programming I should undertake to raise my bot's AI level? Maybe I shouldn't be asking this, but there you go.

I'm adding seeks and gotos and regular expressions. That's about it.

Thanks

That's good - I'd say that's probably as much as you want to be trying to fill your head with for awhile. But when you're comfortable with them, perhaps start adding some AIScript - <?PF if male; ?>, <?PF if female; ?>, chrono-based keys for happy Christmas/Easter/New Year/Samhain/whatever, a few memories for moods and opinions, where people are from, etc.

Thanks, I started doing some of those earlier today and forgot to mention them in my previous post.

I hope your bot goes well in the contest. He ought to.

Thanks - though I'm not planning on winning. He's something of an acquired taste I think

Are you going to enter johanna? It would be good experience for you, and hopefully provide a better class of transcript than the usual guests from Leeds (a gross generalisation, but there do seem to be a depressing number of them!)