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Re: [pandorabots-general] AAA bot properties

Subject: Re: [pandorabots-general] AAA bot properties
From: "Dr. Rich Wallace"
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 12:30:02 -0800 PST
I think the reason I changed the BOT PROPERTIES category to a <random>
reply was due to the length of the original BOT PROPERTIES category.  Long
replies can be awkward when using TTS.  You have to wait a long time for
the avatar to read all those properties.



> You're right: after deleting the "bot properties" category, my bot
> normally
> returns her classic list of properties. Many thanks.
>
> But I'm not sure it's a real bug. Maybe the one who wrote this category
> thinks like me: the client must chat with the bot, before knowing all
> about
> his/her. When I talk with a real person, the first question I ask isn't
> "Show me your papers". And when I read some logs of mine on Pandorabots, I
> must admit that bots are more respectful than a lot of humans (please,
> don't
> tell my wife I fell in love with a computer screen).
>
> That's why I preferred to keep and "improve" the bug:
>
> <category>
> <pattern>BOT PROPERTIES</pattern>
> <template>
> <random>
> <li>What do you want to me? Dear category C Client.</li>
> <li>You know what? Polite people say "Bot properties, please".</li>
> <li>After you. Give me your own properties. Please.</li>
> <li>My properties? It's my little secret.</li>
> <li>Why do you want to know my properties?</li>
> <li>What do you want to know about me?</li>
> <li>OK. First property: I'm a <bot name="gender"/>. What else?</li>
> </random>
> </template>
> </category>
>
>
>
> Dr. Rich Wallace wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> When you ask a bot built with an AAA brain "Bot properties", he/she
>>> doesn't
>>> list his/her properties but gives an ordinary answer.
>>>
>>> I wondered why and discovered that "the way of thinking" of the bot is:
>>>
>>> First, seeking in "update.aiml":
>>>
>>> <category>
>>> <pattern>BOT PROPERTIES</pattern>
>>> <template><srai>RANDOM PICKUP LINE</srai></template>
>>> </category>
>>>
>>> Then, going to "Pickup.aiml":
>>>
>>> <category>
>>> <pattern>RANDOM PICKUP LINE</pattern>
>>> <template><random>...(a lot of answers)...</random></template>
>>> </category>
>>>
>>> Why this change? I guess the response because you know what? I'm happy!
>>> When
>>> someone ask my bot "Bot properties", for me, it's like if he was raping
>>> her
>>> (yes: her).
>>>
>>
>> It seems to be a "bug" in the AAA brain.   I'm not sure how that
>> category
>> ended up in update.aiml, but it looks wrong.  Try deleting that category
>> and see what happens when you input "bot properties".
>>
>> Rich
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