[pandorabots-general] Divide and Conquer question

[Brian Hoecht]

The below came from the Alice AAA file reducer.aiml

 

<category>

      <pattern>I AM IN * HOW ABOUT YOU</pattern>

      <template>

            I AM IN <sr/>

      </template>

</category>

 

Written as it is, the robot is going to reply that it is where
the user is???  Seems like a low quality response unless I am
missing something.  Please elaborate if I am.

 

Otherwise, I would think a better quality answer would be for the
bot to use reduction to break down the user's input into simpler
parts that it can understand and reply with where it (the bot)
is, not just regurgitate back that the bot is where the user is.

 

So, here is my follow on question. can Interpreters handle a
divide and conquer that breaks a user's input up into 3
reductions?

 

<category>

      <pattern>I AM IN * HOW ABOUT YOU</pattern>

      <template>

            <srai>I am in</srai>

            <sr/>

            <srai>Where are you</srai>

      </template>

</category>

 

Thoughts?

 

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