The AI Engine

Hi, all! I'm trying to figure out how to use AI script initialization defaults, but I'm not clear from the examples in the Book on how it works..the example value given is: default "no" as "hasdog";
So all you folks that are way more advanced than I, what would that do, and where would this "hasdog" show up? :-)
Any help is sincerly appreciated!

It should (as I understand it) start showing up in your bot's memories, for all of the people (including other bots) she talks with after you add the default. In addition to any "youlike" or "iam" memories, those people will also have "hasdog," with "no" as the entry in that memory field.

That's if it works as described. I haven't tried programming defaults yet.

isaacc, that's just it

Is there a limit to number of memory items a bot can create per acquaintance?

Joe- yes, i think it's 10.

isaac- thanks! that leads me to the next question- what would your bot then do with that hasdog-no value?

Rephrase: Is there a limit to the number of memories a bot can define per acquaintance? I'm exploring the use of AIScript memory formation as a general context mechanism and would be happy to hear that I can define an arbitrary number of memories.

a 'hasdog' memory is a context-setting memory. You can test for hasdog with a conditional (if) and direct the bot's responses accordingly.

Wow, that would be cool, Joe...you just made me think of how great goto's that depend on existing memories could be...that could be mindblowing.

There's great power in having control of memory forming. It's a major part of intelligence.

Would anyone else like to see some kind of literal marker that could be used to tag a word or phrase to exempt it from spellchecking or other preprocessing?

Yes, I would.

I've thought the same thing, Joe. I'd also like to see a tag that means "do not make a synonym substitution," and another that means "always make a synonym substitution." I can think of tons to do with the likes of that!