Alicebot addon?

[CompSurfer]

I think it would be nice to see something like this [nofollow] as an addon for SMF.  Basically it's a forum "user" that is really an artificially intelligent bot that posts intellegent dynamic responces.  Would it be that difficult to port the IPB version to SMF? It uses AIML and mysql, I think.

What do you think?

http://mods.ibplanet.com/db/?act=mod&id=1491 [nofollow]

[Tom]

I think it could abuse my users a bit. 

It's kinda neat.

[damo1065]

I've been looking through the forum and observing how Heidi works....is it actually real?
The auto bot has some of the greatest AI ever seen!!!

Surely it's a fake....if it's not then I am gasping in amazement

[CompSurfer]

it's real! another one is in the Off Topic section of the dealtaker forum ( http://forums.dealtaker.com/invision/index.php?showforum=10 [nofollow] ). (have to be registered to see it unfortunetly)

the responce time alone shows it's for real

The AI is driven by AIML ( http://www.alicebot.org/ [nofollow] )

I just wish someone would port the IPB AI bot to SMF.

[damo1065]

Yeah I've had my conversation with the bot....I am absolutley gobsmacked by it to be honest. I've never seen anything like that before (I am only new to the whole net world..but still).
It's capabilities are amazing....

Now I want one for SMF lol

[CompSurfer]

As soon as some PHP guru ports the IPB version to SMF we should be all set.  Anyone feel like doing it? (I'm sorry I have no skills to offer in return, I guess the community as a whole would benefit)

[Skoen]

I believe this could be an optional addon that would work regardless of SMF upgrades. An optional addon/mod instead of a real feature that is included in SMF. But, yeah, seems like a cool thing

[Tomer]

This of course would be a mod and not an official SMF feature.

[CompSurfer]

Of course.

[Skoen]

Never thought of it otherwise

[justasimpleuser]

OMG!!!! I AM IN LOVE!! I WANT IT NOW!!!

LOL

No, really, I do....

[CompSurfer]

Here's a demo of it for IPB

http://www.galahtech.com/forums/index.php?showforum=61 [nofollow]

[justasimpleuser]

That is so cool!

[Chris Cromer]

Wow, I was so awed by this I modified my board to add this. I wonder how many people I can get to think that it's a real person.

[Chris Cromer]

Well it's going over well... 500 posts of my members trying to confuse the bot, make it stupider, and make it contradict itself.

Although I liked the first posts better when they thought it was a real person...

[Christian Land]

Btw. the whole Alicebot idea came up ages ago on the phpBB-Community... http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=24191 There were quite some interesting posts on phpBB regarding that topic....

[CompSurfer]

Now, Chris Cromer, you said you were able to use this for SMF?  I wish it could be made into a package that could be installed easily into SMF.

[Chris Cromer]

I said I was able to impliment this on my board... not that I implimented it on SMF.

But now that I know how ALICE works from playing around with it, I "could" make a mod for SMF. Remember I said "could" not "will", I have not decided whether or not yet I will make a mod. I will think about it... but is anybody planning on writing this mod or has already started? Wouldn't want to decide yes and start just to have someone else do it.

[CompSurfer]

I guess since no one has stepped up and said they were porting it to SMF it's up for grabs still.

[Dylan Malone]

I'm begging.  :8

We use an AIML bot in our chat room, and soon he'll be embedded into our FAQ page with flash. 

I'd LOVE to have the ability to deploy him to the Forum too:

You can talk to him in our chat room to get a sense of how smart these bots are:
http://www.algoredemocrats.com/chat/ [nofollow]

And this is a reasonably new bot, he'll be an expert on all the topics relevant to our site within a month or two of learning and programming.

Help me get him into the Forums (we use SMF boards obviously)!  Your country needs you.