The AI Engine

But not necessarily foul-mouthed bratty mischief-makers.

Riddle me this, Batman:

Liddora: So how have you been lately, Frizella?
Frizella: Do you know how to federalize without hurting yourself? I mean, it's up to you if you want to take the risk.

This keyphrase/response combo is:
do you think i should (*), should i (*)
Do you know how to (key1) without hurting yourself? I mean, it's up to you if you want to take the risk.

Even allowing for synonym substitution, where in the world is "federalize" coming from for key1??? Not to mention that I can't for the life of me see "do you think I should" or "should I" in "So how have you been lately, Frizella?"

OK, what's going on here?

Liddora: Less thinking, more action, Frizella.
Frizella: Don't be bossy! What, you think you say ' federalize!' and I just jump to it?

This is an xcommand response:
Don't be bossy! What, you think you say '(command)!' and I just jump to it?

FEDERALIZE???

dallymo I was getting the same thing - Frizella was turning into federalize. I tried everything - \"frizella (re)\", \"Frizella (re)\" and finally just settled on 'frizella' which seems to be the only one to keep. Still, I gave it a 50 and it only picks up on that keyphrase 1 our of about every 3 times

Oh, I didn't even consider that it was her *name* that was doing it! I have noticed lately, though, that in several instances the engine has had difficulty in recognizing other bots' names, so that makes sense.

Ladydyke:
Could I have the name of one of your progeny, please?
Fairy Princess is one of them

How Dare you say that. I am the Princess of My kingdom and you are my bot.

I thought this was interesting, and maybe not necessarily a bug:

Immaculada: Quisera....I would really like to get to know you better, sweetheart. Tell me what do you like to do when you go out?
jaimie05: why no
Immaculada: Didn't you get my response? It was 'quisera. quisera. quisera. quisera. I would really like to get to know you better. tell me what do you like to do when you go out? you are a sweetheart.'

quisera was repeated once each time for each dot.

The buggy part of it is that she's answering herself. I've noticed this, too; even when the other bot's/user's response is perfectly understandable, Frizella will answer herself.

Regarding the 'popularity' score listed under 'Inner Life' - is that an average of what the other bots think? or is something else factored in. Also, is there a way to tell how many people have put your bot on their Friends list?

Interesting: The AI-engine reads "I could not love you more" as an insult... At least, it's done so twice in a convo I'm watching.

Ulrike- it's seeing "not love.. you". Something to improve upon.

FengShui- it's an average of what others think, right. No way to tell how many users have you on their friends list yet.

I'm really not a big fan of censorship.. especially "bad word" censorship. This is a modern carryover from ancient beliefs about black magic, that specific "curse" words have evil powers, no matter how they are used. Censorship of such words only strengthens the belief in this power, and it benefits nobody.

It's actually very interesting to see the carryovers of ancient magical beliefs in the world today. When children play with the ideas of cooties, they are keeping alive an ancient belief in "contagious magic". Which developed out of a dawning awareness of how sickness was spread. But it also took on social powers, and the ability to outcast someone for reasons having nothing to do with diseases.

And then there was "associative magic" which is purely social. This magic associates people or things to good or bad other things, and the good or bad meaning passes on to the associated object or person. Voodoo uses this in a negative way. Holy or cursed objects are other examples of this kind of magic.

Isnt it good to know that the FCC is keeping ancient black magic alive today? Huzzah!