Bot app

[SLH]

I suggest having multiple catagories of words, for example greeting:

hello, hi, hey


Trigger suggestions (for use when all other parsing fails!):

"....?" "Why do you want to know that?" / "You've obviously thought a lot about that question, so what do you think the answer is?" / "I'm undecided."

"....!" "No need to shout! :P"

"What is your favorite ____?" "I don't really have a favorite. / Don't know really, what's yours?"

To extend the above, have another set of favorite things, so you can try and match the blank for a class of objects, then say one of the members is your favorite.

"What's the ____?" "What do you want to know the ____ for? You're supposed to be deciding whether i'm intelligent or not (i am)"

"you are _____" "I bet you say that to all the bots you chat to"

To extend the above you could have a list of positive things (e.g. "nice", "intelligent", "real"), and negative things (e.g "stupid", "dumb") and respond appropriately (take it as an insult or complement).

"you are too ____" "That's not true, i'm not that ____"

"i am ____" "prove it!" / "I don't believe you" / "I could tell" / "Thought so"

"you are predictable" "PURPLE! " / "Not as much as you" / "<Does Unpredictable Dance>" / "That's because most people are predictable"


This kind of thing works best if you have as many different responses for the same things as possible, not just a large number of trigger words.