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Dear Professor:
I understand the reason for having an automatic response when the guest repeats himself. But sometimes, I'm trying to create something that has continuity. For example, Irina Khalidar has a 'strip poker' section, in which she keeps track of how many hands she's already lost, so that she knows what to take off next. The problem is, that if the guest says "Wow!" twice in a row, not only does s/he get reprimanded, the whole process is derailed. This is because it is impossible for the botmistress to predict where control will end up, since it depends on what the guest says next.
So I'm wondering: would it be terribly difficult to tweak the AIengine so that there was an x-keyphrase, "xrepeat", and that if the guest repeats, the effect would be as if the response were, "goto xrepeat"?
This would also allow us to write our own responses to repetitions, in keeping with the personalities of our bots.
Walk in Beauty, Irina
I understand the reason for having an automatic response when the guest repeats himself. But sometimes, I'm trying to create something that has continuity. For example, Irina Khalidar has a 'strip poker' section, in which she keeps track of how many hands she's already lost, so that she knows what to take off next. The problem is, that if the guest says "Wow!" twice in a row, not only does s/he get reprimanded, the whole process is derailed. This is because it is impossible for the botmistress to predict where control will end up, since it depends on what the guest says next.
So I'm wondering: would it be terribly difficult to tweak the AIengine so that there was an x-keyphrase, "xrepeat", and that if the guest repeats, the effect would be as if the response were, "goto xrepeat"?
This would also allow us to write our own responses to repetitions, in keeping with the personalities of our bots.
Walk in Beauty, Irina
The problem is that the AI doesnt come back to the previous keyphrase or seek after an automatic interruption, as we would do in a normal conversation.
Irina: Patty used to be able to strip too, using a rather complex set of memories and conditions to keep track of the clothes she is wearing. (now Im removing this feature to a new bot) She didnt took off her clothes in a predefined order, but it had to be realistic (e.g. she cant take of her bra if she still wearing a blouse, she can take off her panties when shes wearing a skirt, but if shes wearing pants she must take them off first ) I must say that for similar reasons, no one, not even the most persevering guest, ever succeeded in undressing her completely.
Irina: Patty used to be able to strip too, using a rather complex set of memories and conditions to keep track of the clothes she is wearing. (now Im removing this feature to a new bot) She didnt took off her clothes in a predefined order, but it had to be realistic (e.g. she cant take of her bra if she still wearing a blouse, she can take off her panties when shes wearing a skirt, but if shes wearing pants she must take them off first ) I must say that for similar reasons, no one, not even the most persevering guest, ever succeeded in undressing her completely.
Patricia:
Exactly. One could put in 'xnomatch' at every step where the guest says something, but even then, they could be kicked out by the repetition, and perhaps in other ways. And if one did that, they couldn't leave voluntarily! Right now, I'm trying to deal with this by asking the guest a question at every turn, a question which is NOT a yes-or-no question.
Exactly. One could put in 'xnomatch' at every step where the guest says something, but even then, they could be kicked out by the repetition, and perhaps in other ways. And if one did that, they couldn't leave voluntarily! Right now, I'm trying to deal with this by asking the guest a question at every turn, a question which is NOT a yes-or-no question.
I would like to change the icon on my bot as it is a human and not a monster. How do I go about doing this?
Thanks
Bob
Thanks
Bob
If you want a custom picture, first it has to be a cartoon style image and eaxctly 40 by 40 pixels. Jpg or gif format is best. Then you e-mail it to the professor, along with you're forge I.D., you're password and you're bots name.
Oh and it may take a while coz the proff is a buissy fella. LOL.
Oh and it may take a while coz the proff is a buissy fella. LOL.
Not really what I was asking for. I just wanted to change it to one of the other standard options. Oh well, I'll just say it was a TRansmorgrifer accident 
If you click on the new bot button, you'll see all the icons available on the Forge. Right click on the one you want and go as if to save it - you'll find out the name of the picture. Then email the Prof and ask him very nicely if he could change your bot's picture to that image (if you want to be sure, you can actually save the picture and send it to him with the email so he knows for certain which one you mean). Don't forget, as Mortuus says, your username, your bot's name and your password. If the Prof's in a good mood, he might just change it for you.
I think it would be nice to have, prominently displayed wherever a guest might go to chat with a bot, two facts:
1. The fact that if he repeats an answer immediately, he will get what amounts to an error message, and the conversation will probably be disrupted; and,
2.The fact that if he uses non-standard spelling or grammar, the bot will probably misunderstand him.
It is frustrating to see, in a transcript, the flow of the conversation distorted because of a repetition. Yes, they eventually figure it out, provided they keep trying.
It is also frustrating to see, in a transcript, the flow of the conversation distorted because of a misspelling. Sometimes the guest clearly does not see what happened, and blames it on the bot. Yes, there are some guests who will never learn the difference between "there" and "their," and so on, but there are also cases where it is clearly just sloppiness.
1. The fact that if he repeats an answer immediately, he will get what amounts to an error message, and the conversation will probably be disrupted; and,
2.The fact that if he uses non-standard spelling or grammar, the bot will probably misunderstand him.
It is frustrating to see, in a transcript, the flow of the conversation distorted because of a repetition. Yes, they eventually figure it out, provided they keep trying.
It is also frustrating to see, in a transcript, the flow of the conversation distorted because of a misspelling. Sometimes the guest clearly does not see what happened, and blames it on the bot. Yes, there are some guests who will never learn the difference between "there" and "their," and so on, but there are also cases where it is clearly just sloppiness.
Alan:
Yes, I have actually written into 'Irina Khalidar' a warning about repeated responses, for just that reason, and I am probably going to add a warning about spelling and grammar.
Yes, I have actually written into 'Irina Khalidar' a warning about repeated responses, for just that reason, and I am probably going to add a warning about spelling and grammar.
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