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@Sam Little
Since that | ) at the end of each of your in-line plug-ins matches nothing, you don't even have to think of actual words for the plug in. Just use (a|b|c|...| ) with as many letters as you need to overcome the duplicate parsing routine in the AI Engine. Even if someone types in "are you b sure?" by mistake, the bot would still answer reasonably.

That will save a lot of wear and tear on my Thesaurus. That "positively" doesn't really fit in the sentence
"Are you positively sure?" but changing the base keyphrase to

are you (really|absolutely|d| ) sure?

would work just as well.
Thanks

If anyone needs help I will try my best to give advice.

i need help with amber fur. i am a total noob at this.

Deanmachine722, just talk to the bots, similar as you'd talk to a human person. You'll see rather soon what a bot can do and what not.

echon: "why are all the bots phrases all jumbled when talking"
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You surely have already had a look at the FAQ page (http://www.personalityforge.com/faq.php#14)?

Please specify in what way your bots are talking funny.

@Dean, I am no expert myself, but I will let you know what helps me out.

The book of AI: http://www.personalityforge.com/book.php
Try reading through the entire thing to help get a general idea of how things work. Generally, lots of really cool stuff is possible if you are creative. It is hard to be creative if you don't know how the system works, which it is why to have at least a basic overview.

Also, when first starting, get some "general phrases" in to help match unknowns. Then when you want more specific things, add the more specific phrases with a higher priority. For example, at first, something like "i * like" could trigger a vague response whenever the user states something they like, later overshadowed by things like "i * like popcorn" which can have a more specific response.

This may seem obvious, I don't know, but it helps to have "filler" when a bot is still pretty limited and under heavy development. Reading transcripts helps you to figure out what specifics should be added first.

Anyway, that is my two cents.

To add to what Thagen said, the phrase
"i * like" will match
'I really like peanuts' and
'I like peanuts' --but it will also match
'I don't like peanuts' so you need a companion keyphrase like
"i * do not * like" which would match
'I don't like peanuts' and
'I really don't like peanuts' and
'I don't really like peanuts'

etc. etc.

Is there a way to get my bot to remember the names of those who speak with him? So he can call others by their name while conversing with them and stuff?

Emma

If you mean how a bot can remember a different name of the person it is talking to, there is a short description in the Book of AI ( http://www.personalityforge.com/book-expert.php#3 , under Memory AIScript) - which should be a bit refined, of course.

If you want the bots to talk about other persons it talked to, the easiest way is to use the built-in gossip function ( http://www.personalityforge.com/book-advanced.php#2 , and don't forget to set the Gossip setting of your bot to something else than never.

Or you put the name of someone the bot talks to into a self-memory ( http://www.personalityforge.com/book-expert.php#3 , under Memory AIScript, too) and mention an entry of that memory to the person it is talking to. (I don't think it is possible to exclude talking to a person about that very person, though.)

Thanks, Mome. That's super helpful!

Off topic how do I put this site address on other sites with my username? Every time I put it it says not found.