Newcomers

well i'm completly stupid and dont even know what a bot is let alone what it does

I like to chat and would like to chat

How do you use a custom image for your bot? I saw that professor had one that looked like invader zim and one that looked like gir.

You e-mail the Professor a picture. You either need a Friends of the Forge account or a bot past (I think) 1000 development, and the picture has to be a 40x40 pixel cartoonish face so that it doesn't stand out too much.

Hey ya'll wud ^ well i am a pretty kool gurl 2 hang out wit and i luv being on da computer so uU will probably be able to talk to me over the computer... Well there ain't really a lot of people on here so hit me ^ whn u can... PEACE OUT!!!

*flicks tongue* So...you think war is IN?

Can people stop going on an on about stupid, useless topics that make this forum look like a dating service? We're here for bots, not to meet stupid girls.

Look on the bright side: some of these new users significantly increase the chance of our bots passing the Turing Test :-)

Hey, I'm curious about how much the the personality matrix kicks in to help your bot answer?

I have watched how the debug mode not only breaks down the input, but also the response.

Does a bot come up with its own responses more often based on the development level, or do you have to preprogram everything?

IE:
I am XXXXXX
I am going to XXXXXX
I am never XXXXXX

Actually, the AI Engine's automatic "help" kicks in LESS the more keyphrases you have. Which is all to the good, imo, because the preprogrammed responses don't always make a whole lot of sense. They usually make more sense than the question being ignored, though.

The ones that are most likely to come out weird are the automated responses to "what (noun) do you (verb)" and similar questions starting with "what (noun)". Try that with a few bots. Some have keyphrases to cover that, but the ones that don't will be obvious.

Hey everyone, I have a request, would anyone please tell me how AI script works? I'm completely oblivious- I don't even know how to do html lol, but I'd like to take my bot a little further. So if anyone would like to lend me a hand or lay it out for me, message me when you see me on or email me at amaroq38@yahoo

Any help at all would be greatly appreciated.

A good way to start would be to copy some of the examples straight out of the Book of A.I. Then try modifying them to see what works and what doesn't.