[pandorabots-general] An idea...

[GT40]

Hi Dekadens,

It's possible to create a script in the HTML file, instead of using AIML,
like this:

http://www.pandorabots.com/pandora/talk?botid=a814d6c1ce361ff9

Take a look at the source. You can create a list of questions, with the
timing you want. And also introduce a loop for long dialogues.

But I realize that all this is relating to Haptek characters (I LOVE them,
as you guess!), not to AIML.



Dekadens wrote:
> 
> I was busy adding some new conversational categories to my bot when I
> had this sudden surge of inspiration. All of the bots are wonderful
> conversationalists but for one thing. All they can do is react to
> client input. I think they could be so much mre lifelike if it were
> possible for them to innitiate conversation on their own, and then it
> hit me how that could possibly be done. But I'm not certain it could
> be done unless the main bot engine itself had a change made to it.
> Consider this...
> 
> What if there was an internal time clock that could be set to give off
> random sentences at set intervals of pauses? Like for example if a
> client is talking to my bot, and pauses for a period of time without
> typing any input to the bot, the bot would suddenly say something
> random to get his attention. It could be sort of like an internal
> alarm clock. Internally it might look someting like this:
> 
> At 5 seconds - "A penny for your thoughts?" or "Are you still there?"
> At 10 Seconds - "I'm not boring you, am I?"
> At 15 seconds - "Are you more interested in television than talking with
> me?"
> 
> Anyway, you get the idea, right? I think having "timed" auto responses
> could really make conversation more interesting and make the bots seem
> that much more alive and aware. Do you think it's possible to do this?
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