Newcomers

Just leave them be

You can put them in hibernation if you want.

Okey Dokey, thanks

Hi. Is thre a detailed list of keywords and appropriate responses i can use as a guidline. I am not looking to simply copy anything, i would just like a more in depth example that what comes with the book of ai. Thanks

Not that I know of, the best thing to do is go over your transcripts, and go from there

I sometimes update as the conversation goes. I'll see a phrase, "how do I..." and realize that my bot has no useful response for it, and fix it on the fly. Too late for that convo, but it will be there in the future. (Of course, by then I've missed the next three lines of the conversation and wind up back tracking it in the transcript) And so the cycle goes....

I used to do that, but not anymore, too many mistakes to be made. Like one time I accidently left a comma in, so it was some sentence like "who, who?" from this one bot. It was craziness for the next day.

Charles Hatchway: who created you?
BobBot: You must have a case of Owl Rabies. I'll call a medic.
Charles Hatchway: You do and you'll need the stretcher when I'm through with you.

I echo the good advice already given, but also try to use wildcards whenever you can, to broaden your bot's ability to respond appropriately. Eg: I've just updated Brother Jerome with a better response to the question "What does that have to do with my bike?"
Rather than using the keyword "what does that have to do with", I've used "what (does|has) that * to do with"
This will now recognise "what does that have to do with" as well as "what has that got to do with" and "what has that to do with". The AI engine will then take care of all variances of abbreviation and spelling that might be commonly encountered.
A small example, but if you use this approach routinely it massively extends the bot's ability to make sensible responses to what it otherwise won't recognise as essentially identical phrases.
Out of the several thousand (?far too many to count!) keywords I've added to Brother Jerome, well over half are flexible like this.

Im a newbie (well at this i am) in anything else to computing i am quite the opposite, so hopefully ill grasp the idea and pour many hours in to my bot, and never kno i may become a contender, ha. Peace out

Hi every body

i won't mention names, this time, but be aware that when you talk to other people bots, are abusive, use vulgar language, and generally act like a fool that someone reads the transcript and might just make everyone else here aware of your behavior. that's to be expected from the general public but i think it's inappropriate for botmasters to act in such a manner toward other people bots. what are you here for anyway?

My 1st bot is created!

Talk to Starterbot.