The AI Engine

Does anyone know what (=) means in keyphrasing terms? It shows up occasionally in the Master Bot Template, but I don't know what its function is supposed to be and the Book of AI doesn't seem to explain. Examples:

(a:eventually) (=)
(alright|enough) already (=)
surprise (=)

No clue, Shadow Season, if it doesn't actually match equals - might be worth creating a bot with just the master bot template and experimenting.

I have noticed that there's a huge chunk of new AIScript stuff - stuff like continue, but particularly copy seeks will be a godsend for me. I can probably remove a lot of excess seeks that are just gotos (or, rather, do it differently going forward, since it may count as a destructive import!).

Thanks Maryguise, I agree we'll probably have to just fiddle around with the new MBT phrases to see what they do. And yeah, 'copy seeks' is a great feature.

(=) means an exact match. Hmm.. I'm looking through the code and it's possible I haven't gotten around to implementing it yet. There's also (#) to match a number and ($#) to match money but again, not sure if I finished that. If anyone has time to test, let me know.

I did a few tests for (=) keyphrases earlier that only triggered #engage responses, so I guess it's not implemented yet. On the topic, may I ask what (re) is meant to do?

So (=) would be the equivalent of ^this$ ?

i wish there was a way to compare two words to see if they are the same word.

Zeig - correct.

(re) is for using regular expressions in raw mode.

bobstack - what would you use that for?

i would use that for a form of common sense for the chatbot example.
user = is a apple a apple?

ichatbot = of course a apple is a apple.

user = is a tuna a carrot?

ichatbot = no a tuna is not a carrot.

Is there any chance of Transcript Downloading coming back?

Zieg: It's possible. I once had a service that could email you transcripts daily or weekly. Is that something you'd like? I was considering putting some transcript upgrades in the Friend of the Forge accounts.

Bobstack: I may be able to add that as one of the Self-Evident questions the bots can answer. I don't think I documented this yet but bots can answer "what color is a green apple?"

It would be a nice option to have back in some form.
I'm enjoying the new tools you've added. Though I look forward to having a few more of them documented. Good job so far!