Bot Contest

Eugene Meltzner - What I'm reading looks pretty good to me. Take your response for a "why" question the bot doesn't have a specfic answer for: My bot: "There are several possible answers to the dilemma." I don't think I am qualified to make a judgement.

That is a top rate response. To often you normally get something like: "I don't know why". If you continue along those line you got the making of a great bot.

Chris

I think it's also good if you have what it takes to begin with. People who are creative and have interesting personalities will be more likely to have creative, interesting bots.

no comment.. :X

How is it that vague responses make for a great bot?

STRMKirby because it is impossible to answer every conceivable question with a specific response. What I was alluding to was Eugene Meltzner vague response of the why question is far superior than simply saying "I don't know why."

Chris

The trick is to be vague, but have it *sound* specific. There are a few places I feel I've managed to do this with my bot, but I'd really like to come up with some more. When they work, I sometimes see something in her transcript and go "wow!... how did she do that?" When it doesn't, it's a big fat flop.

Vague responses, in most cases, make a bot sound like a bot, not like a human. Good bots should have lots of keyphrases.

Yeah, but it will take forever to do it!

It takes forever for US as humans to learn these things, too. What's the matter with that?

Chris,

Thanks for the compliment. I find that vague responses can work fairly well, as long as there are a whole lot of them. The trick is to choose keyphrases that are not ambiguous. An xnone response is better than a vague response that doesn't make any sense.

Good bots take time.

it's cybertime anyway, maybe it does exist but where is it?