[alicebot-style] Re: alicebot-style digest, Vol 1 #109 - 1 msg
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Oddly enough, their AIML only seems to be closed to their members. There are
lists of their master aiml, but they're tucked away where most members are
unlikely to discover how to access them. Their training interface will allow
their users to add or modify categories, but not to view the originals. I
maintain an Eliza bot and an Alicebot there, so I have access to whatever members
have access to. But as an experiment, I went to the site before replying,
here, and without logging in, checked the various sections. The "Top Modules"
section required a login before viewing, but Editor's Choice and New Mods were
viewable and downloadable. Their tutorials are also publicly accessible.
Having previously researched it, I discovered that their AIML is version
0.9 compliant. It supports multiple inputs in pattern, doesn't support srai
but uses a "translations" feature to compensate for this. It has been
extensively modified from that point. It is very heavily dependent on system calls
for functions to make them competitive with ZolaonAol, SmarterChild, and some
of the other popular AIM bots.
Runabot does seem to have made good use of their techniques for
encouraging AIML authoring and sharing. There are hundreds of "mods" in their
collection. Most of them are elementary and repetitive (I "shared" my color guessing
game a couple of weeks ago, there, and I notice there are already two or
three clones of the mod in the new mods list, using different colors for the
choices, lol). And they're certainly more accessible. Without knowing any AIML
at all, a new member can create a bot and import a couple of dozen mods and
have a bot that will chat reasonably well and perform 101 system functions
within a matter of moments. Their claim to be hosting about twice the number of
bots as Pandorabots is probably due to the fact that half or better of their
membership is under 16 years old, and couldn't take notepad and write an aiml
category if their lives depended on it, lol.
I would definitely not like to see Pandorabots attempt to mimic them, but
there may some value to be gleaned from observing their techniques for
encouraging activity among their membership.
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been extensively modified from that point. It is very heavily dependent on=20
system calls for functions to make them competitive with ZolaonAol,=20
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<DIV> Runabot does seem to have made good use of their technique=
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for encouraging AIML authoring and sharing. There are hundreds of "mods" in=20
their collection. Most of them are elementary and repetitive (I "shared" my=20
color guessing game a couple of weeks ago, there, and I notice there are alr=
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two or three clones of the mod in the new mods list, using different=20
colors for the choices, lol). And they're certainly more accessible. Without=
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functions within a matter of moments. Their claim to be hosting about twice=20=
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