The AI Engine

If the keyphrase is "what is a tree", then no way should a response from a keyphrase "what is a building" come up. But if you have a keyphrase like "what is", or "what is * (noun)" that has a higher rank, it may override more specific keyphrases. The solution is to adjust the rank, so that more specific keyphrases are more highly ranked.

You have to have a separate keyphrase for each specific question. If there is a response that you want to happen only for "what is a house", then you must use the keyphrase, "What is a house"? If there are several responses to a single keyphrase, the AIengine will take them in some random order.

i like this place

heeeeelp???

Sixpack, what key phrases and responses have you been entering? What have you tried already? What exactly isn't working for you?

hey how long does you bot stay a newborn?

Until it has reached a certain size, i.e., you have created a certain number of keyphrases for it.

And then until the AI Engine successfully updates the development ratings. That seems to be happening rather less regularly than the intended daily schedule I'm afraid

I seem to have noticed a change in the way repetitions are handled; instead of saying "Boring, boring, boring", or one of those, it goes back to an earlier stage in the conversation. For example, if control is at the third in a series of several seeks, it goes back to the first one. I actually prefer it to the old way - it's far less disruptive to the continuity of the conversation. Has anyone else noticed this?

No. But <+1>anything<0> other than "Boring, boring, boring" can only be a <+1>HUGE<0> improvement.

There are not words to be found even in Doctor Johnson's Dictionary to to adequately express my dislike of this particular Forge feature that is the 'repetition-handling' sub-circuitry of the AIEngine (though "floccinaucinihilipilification" certainly comes close to my estimation of it!)

Sometimes it doesn't seem to function at all. Recently a couple of human guests seemed to enjoy repeating themselves - my bot just repeated itself, too, and this went on a few times.

Well, I have to admit it's hard when people repeat responses such as yes or no, especially if your bot is tutoring or telling a story.