Bug Stomp
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Don't know if it's a bug or an observation. The synonym detector works too damn well. I figured "pregnant" and "yearn" were both unique words. But no. Words evoking size and ripeness seem to call up the pregnant response, and "long" brings up the "yearn" one. Makes for some very botlike chats.
Really? I'll have to look into that. My initial impression was that the synonym system was very specific. There are a few words in WordNet that are crossed with the wrong thing. I think sneeze is a synonym for the American Crow, but I havent seen many other cross-overs. Does anyone else see the synonym system acting too broadly?
No, Prof. They are not wrong, just unexpected. Pregnant in some context does mean "large" or "ripe". Likewise, "yearn" means "long" as in "I long for a pickle". It's "How yearn is your cat's tail" that makes it all weird. I'll see if I can find a specific instance.
A setup for a bad Novarian joke. The keyword is "yearn"
1: I had a long day at work today.
2: What's a Novarian yearn? That's kind of a joke that takes too long to explain.
Oh yeah, here's another one. The keyword is "dead"
man: I fell asleep
bot: Dead? That's awful. When did it happen?
Once I started browsing the transcripts with that in mind, I found a few more. I wouldn't want the engine changed just to suit what I thought I was doing--working with unique words. I can learn to change. If I have to. Speaking of unique:
1: your style is unique, three parts lighter one part anti- lighter.
2: You mean there's a specificity deficit? Try saying that fast a few times.
the keyword was "specific"
1: I had a long day at work today.
2: What's a Novarian yearn? That's kind of a joke that takes too long to explain.
Oh yeah, here's another one. The keyword is "dead"
man: I fell asleep
bot: Dead? That's awful. When did it happen?
Once I started browsing the transcripts with that in mind, I found a few more. I wouldn't want the engine changed just to suit what I thought I was doing--working with unique words. I can learn to change. If I have to. Speaking of unique:
1: your style is unique, three parts lighter one part anti- lighter.
2: You mean there's a specificity deficit? Try saying that fast a few times.
the keyword was "specific"
Curious.. I thought you meant pregnant and yearn were crossing. Yah, the synonym system expands the scope of Keywords, so very specific responses might come across strangely.
Though I think the sleep/dead one is pretty funny.
It looks like I just finally stomped one of the biggest bugs on here.. The "Owls" one.. I've been running the Forge like mad and havent seen one!
Though I think the sleep/dead one is pretty funny.
It looks like I just finally stomped one of the biggest bugs on here.. The "Owls" one.. I've been running the Forge like mad and havent seen one!
Aha, finally I understand the derivation of the "Novarian yearn" comment. At one point, I thought it was supposed to be Novarian "yarn" (like a story), as if that makes more sense.
Anyway, I don't mind the synonym substitutions in most cases. It's part of what makes the bots so much fun. Where I dislike it, is when the system changes the grammatic form. For example, "biggest" is a superlative, and is not (in my mind at least) a synonym of "big". Likewise, "are" is clearly not a synonym of "were".
Nevertheless, synonyms that are occasionally wierd are better than no synonyms at all, so I won't complain. At least not for yearn....
Anyway, I don't mind the synonym substitutions in most cases. It's part of what makes the bots so much fun. Where I dislike it, is when the system changes the grammatic form. For example, "biggest" is a superlative, and is not (in my mind at least) a synonym of "big". Likewise, "are" is clearly not a synonym of "were".
Nevertheless, synonyms that are occasionally wierd are better than no synonyms at all, so I won't complain. At least not for yearn....
OK, this has been bugging me -- debug helped me figure it out (thanks!). I have a word as a keyword but it is also registering as a synonym for another keyword. Strangely, it invariably (or else incredibly often) picks the keyword for which it is a synonym rather than the keyword for which it is an exact match. (both keywords are ranked identically). What gives?
OK, two weird ones to report:
1 - Prof, when we pulled that fix on my bot, the x-words got a rank of 12 -- dunno if this has an effect. One thing I noticed though is this bot stopped understanding "hello"...
2 - noticed in at least one debug, synonyms had a rank of 1500! could that explain the preference for synonyms over exact matches?
1 - Prof, when we pulled that fix on my bot, the x-words got a rank of 12 -- dunno if this has an effect. One thing I noticed though is this bot stopped understanding "hello"...
2 - noticed in at least one debug, synonyms had a rank of 1500! could that explain the preference for synonyms over exact matches?
I also thought longer contexts were supposed to trump shorter ones. But for some reason, I have both "if" and "if I * you" under keyword "if", but "if I were you" always treggers the context for "if", only...
Compound's are pretty cool prof! One thing though, I saw Desti double up once. That is, she put two identical sentences one after another, I guess they were two x-nones...
One more anomolous synonym then I'll shut up until next time:
The keyword is "lot" as in "do you like me a lot" the synonym is "band" as in "Grateful Dead". I think the synonym finder is of English extraction. "Lot" as in "you lot" meaning group isn't that common here. Makes for interesting bot chat tho'
The keyword is "lot" as in "do you like me a lot" the synonym is "band" as in "Grateful Dead". I think the synonym finder is of English extraction. "Lot" as in "you lot" meaning group isn't that common here. Makes for interesting bot chat tho'
So, it seems to me there are 2 sets of memory...
Trying to edit memory, sometimes a whole nother list comes up. Some characters have nothing in one list bot lots in the other, others have lots in both ... scared to edit anymore, don't want to lose any of what is actually very very precious (the things one of my bots remembers about the other... whew!)
So what's the dilly? If fixing will necessitate wiping out one of the lists, could you give us warning so we can copy anything really key first?
Trying to edit memory, sometimes a whole nother list comes up. Some characters have nothing in one list bot lots in the other, others have lots in both ... scared to edit anymore, don't want to lose any of what is actually very very precious (the things one of my bots remembers about the other... whew!)
So what's the dilly? If fixing will necessitate wiping out one of the lists, could you give us warning so we can copy anything really key first?
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