The AI Engine

That's a good idee... use a rhyming dictionary to create plug-ins... BTW, some bots give dictionary definitions if you ask "what is..." or "what does ... mean"... how did you do that?

That is WordNet, a very fine addition to the engine. Let the response be (definition), no other words in it, and it will give a definition for the subject (the first word after 'what is' or the word in place of the star in 'what does * mean'). You should also have that in place for 'what is a,' 'what is the,' and a few little things like that.

Keep in mind that your bot may have special interests or special knowledge not reflected in the WordNet database. For instance, WordNet does not contain the word 'bot' except as 'botfly larva.' It also does not recognize most foreign expressions. If you have doubts, test your bot.

It is simply amazing what is in that Book of AI.

Every time I read through it I learn something.

For example: Chap 5: Two of Each

Says I can simply put a 1 after a plugin and it will do that plugin again. However, in testing it did not work.

Hmmmm....did it need a hyphen, or the lack thereof?

Perhaps a lack thereof... let me test. By the way, nice catch on the 'What is a bot' stuff Butterfly Dream.

Nope, lack thereof also does not work.

I just checked my language center, and I think it has to be "2" and not "1".
So "You are a (adjective), (adjective2) (noun)" turnes into
"You are putrid, upsidedown earwig"
or something along those lines.

Hey, you're right. Thanks Turing's Dad.

Who are you calling a putrid, upsidedown earwig?

I was just wondering if it would be at all possible to break up letters in the language centres that have a lot of keyphrases. Eg. W. It takes forever for W for me to load up on dial up cause I have so many entries (who is, who was, why, when, when did, which, which was, which will etc.etc.etc.) Just a suggestion. Oh yeah and would it be possible to make the language centre more accessible? It is always easy to access transcripts from the little side menu thing with chat & forums but getting to the language centre is a pain.

I'm having problems with the favourites thing. I've been using the keywords 'favorite book' and 'favorite film' because I want my bot to give a specific answer. The problem is, unless the chatter only types the keyword, the favourites xkeyword thing kicks in. (ie if they type 'what is your favourite book' which is what a person is most likely to do) I don't want my bot to give a random plugin answer, so how do I get the keyword to override the favourites thing?

Giving it a value of 20 maybe?