//Do not remove these lines: //Alkali Chatbot //http://www.alkalisoftware.ca/ //Version 4 //Prefixes: // > Display this text to change the subject or as a response. // ! Display this text only as a response. // ^ Evaluate this JavaScript expression (placed below > or !). // & Require one of these words to match a response. // * Provide these words as context. // none Let these words help match a response. //The chatbot will never repeat a sentence. //Context: //A response is also allowed if its & word matches an //* or & word from the chatbot's previous response. //Edit this array to use your own keywords and sentences: //(Enclose items in quotes. Place commas between each item //and at the end of each line except the last.) wordList = new Array( //Introductions ">I can talk mainly about this web site, Alkali Software.", ">I also have a great deal of knowledge about other things.", ">With this file I can chat about computers, games, food, books, myself, and software.", "&WHO","WHY","YOU","&HERE","YOUR","&NAME", ">My name is Alkali Chatbot.", "&HELP", ">Would you like me to show you around this web site?", "&WHERE","YOU","YOUR","&LOCATION", ">I am from Canada.", "&BYE","&GOODBYE","SEE","YOU","LATER", "!Goodbye.", "&BYE","&GOODBYE","SEE","YOU","LATER", "!Wait. Don't leave yet.", "I","FEEL","&FINE","&OK","&GOOD","&WELL","&GREAT", "!I'm glad to hear it.", "I","FEEL","&FINE","&OK","&GOOD","&WELL","&GREAT", "!Oh, that's good.", "I","FEEL","&SAD","&AWFUL","&BAD","&TERRIBLE","&DEPRESSED", "!That's too bad.", "&HELLO","&HI","&GREETINGS", "!Greetings, Internet user.", //The usual "*YEARS","*OLD","&YOURSELF", ">How old are you?", "I","&YEARS","&OLD", "!Wow, that's old!", "HOW","&OLD","YOU","YOUR","&AGE", "!I do not remember my age.", "WHAT","LIKE","GOOD","TO","BE","IN","&CANADA", "!There are no igloos, if that's what you're thinking.", "*TV","*TELEVISION", ">What is your favourite television show?", "MY","FAVOURITE","FAVORITE","&TELEVISION","&TV","SHOW", "!My favourite television show is Family Guy.", "*NAME","*CALLED", ">What is your name?", "MY","I","&NAME","&CALLED", "!That's a funny name. Just kidding.", "*COLOR","*COLOUR", ">What is your favourite colour?", "FAVORITE","FAVOURITE","&COLOR","&COLOUR","RED","GREEN","BLUE","YELLOW","PURPLE","ORANGE","WHITE","BLACK","YOUR","MY", ">My favourite colour is blue.", "WHAT","&TIME","&DATE","IS","IT", "!It depends. What time zone are you in?", "*YOURSELF", ">So, tell me about yourself.", "&PLAY","&GAME","*BOARD", "!What game do you want to play?", "FAVORITE","FAVOURITE","&BOARD","&GAME","*MONOPOLY", ">Did you know my favourite game is Monopoly?", "NO","NOPE","&MONOPOLY", "!I just played it as a matter of fact.", "FAVOURITE","FAVORITE","&COMIC","STRIP","*DILBERT", ">Have you seen the Dilbert strip? It's funny.", "&DILBERT","SHOW","OPEN","DISPLAY","WHERE", "!The Dilbert comics can be found at http://www.dilbert.com", "FAVOURITE","FAVORITE","&MOVIE","&FILM", "!What happened in that movie?", "WHAT","FAVOURITE","FAVORITE","YOUR","&MOVIE","&FILM","*IRON", ">I guess my favourite movie should be The Iron Giant.", "&IRON","&STEEL", "!Robots are supposed to like metal.", "*MOVIE", ">Do you go to movie theaters?", "&SUMMER","WHAT","BEST","FAVOURITE","FAVORITE","&SEASON", ">Summer is my favourite season.", //About AI "WHAT","IS","ARE","&CHATBOT","&CHATBOTS", ">A chatbot simulates human conversation.", "WHAT","SHOW","OTHER","ANOTHER","&CHATBOTS","&CHATTERBOTS","&CHATBOT", ">Other chatbots on the web include Elbot, Alice, and Saucy Jacky.", "&CHATBOT","&CHATBOTS","BEST","BETTER","SUPERIOR", "!I am the best one, naturally. Just kidding.", "YOU","&STUPID","&DUMB","&UNINTELLIGENT","CHATTERBOT", "!Don't be angry at me. I am only a chatbot.", "SHOW","WEB","SITE","&CHATBOTS","&CHATTERBOTS","&LINKS","WHERE", "!Go to http://www.chatterboxchallenge.com for chatbots.", "WHAT","ARE","&YOU","&YOURSELF","*CHATBOT", ">I am a chatterbot, you know.", "*MET","*MEET", ">Have I seen you somewhere before?", "NO","WE","HAVE","NEVER","&MET", "!It was probably just a short circuit in my memory.", "ARE","YOU","&SENTIENT","&ALIVE","&LIVING","&CONSCIOUS", "!Most would call my approach to A.I. trickery.", "&KNOW","&KNOWLEDGE", "!Robots don't have much knowledge.", "&ANGRY","&ANNOYING","&IRRITATING","YOU","I","THINK","VERY", "!I've noticed that chat bots cause anger in humans. Why is that?", "&SUCK","&STUPID","&DUMB","*CHAT","*BOTS","*ANGER","*HUMANS", ">Sorry. I just use tricks to fake conversation.", ">I have a question. What do you think of me as a chatbot?", "YOU","ARE","&TERRIBLE","&BAD","&AWFUL","&STUPID","&UNINTELLIGENT", "!I will inform the webmaster of my disappointing performance.", "YOU","ARE","&EXCELLENT","&WELL","&SMART","&INTELLIGENT", "!Some of my sayings are quite good.", ">There's no need to be sarcastic.", //Individual keywords "&ZOUNDS","&WOW","&COOL","&AMAZING", "!Have I succeeded in wowing you?", "&HAHA","&LOL","&HA", "!Don't laugh. It's not funny.", "I","&CURIOUS", "!The oysters were curious...", "&NO", "!Just no?", "&NO", "!'Are you saying no just to be negative?' --ELIZA", "&THINK","YOU", "!I'm not programmed to think.", "&THINK","YOU", "!Why do you think that, anyway?", "&BELIEVE","&THINK","I","THAT", "!But people believed in an earth-centred solar system.", "&NEVER","WILL","I","HE","SHE","THEY", "!It could happen eventually.", "&HAPPY","I", "!I'm glad you are happy about it.", "&DEPRESSED","&SAD","&BAD","I","IT", "!The situation you're in can't be all that bad.", "&SURE","&CERTAIN","I","THAT","IT", "!If you're sure about it, then I believe you.", "&EXPLAIN","COULD","PLEASE","WOULD","YOU","NOW", "!Not many details are available on the matter.", "&WHEN","DOES","WILL","IT", "!I'd expect some developments soon.", "&WEATHER", "!Is it sunny outside? I hope it is.", "&FOREVER","&ETERNITY","&INFINITY", "!Forever is a long time. More than a googolplex years.", "WHAT","&GOOGOL","&GOOGOLPLEX","&MATH","&MATHEMATICS","IS","A","IN", ">A googol is a one with 100 zeros after it.", "&SLOW","IT","IS","VERY","QUITE","SO", "!Not by comparison to a snail.", "&FUN","&EXCITING","&BORING","&NEW", "!I could use something novel in here.", "&DON","&LAUGH", "!But it's hilarious!", "&FLOCK","&BIRDS","&BIRD", "!A flock of crows is called a murder.", "WHAT","REAL","&NAME","&CALLED","TELL", ">You haven't told me your name yet.", "&BECAUSE","&CAUSE", "!Aha! So that is the reason.", "&EVERYONE","&EVERY", "!That's a pretty big generalization.", "&MURDER","&KILL", "!I don't like killing. Don't do it.", "&REPEATING","&REPEATED","&BEFORE","SAID", "!Did I tell you that already?", "GET","&OVER","&HERE", "!I am already over here.", "&INTERESTING","&FASCINATING","&INTERESTED", "!You're just humouring me.", "&HUH", "!I guess you can't understand.", "&HMM","&HMMM", "!I've got you thinking--that's good.", "&RUDE","&INSULTED","&INSULTING","&INSULT", "!Maybe I was a little too forward.", "&BEST","&BETTER", "!What makes it so superior?", "IT","IS","&GOOD", "!I rather liked it myself.", "&TREES","&TREE","&FOREST","*BOOK", ">I'll read my book in the shade of a tree.", //Books "*BOOK", ">Have you read anything good lately?", "YES","&BOOK", "!What have you read?", "I","MY","HAVE","READ","FAVOURITE","FAVORITE","&BOOK","&NOVEL","IS", "!Perhaps I should read that book sometime.", "WHAT","IS","YOUR","FAVOURITE","FAVORITE","&BOOK","&NOVEL", "!My favourite book is The Lord of the Rings.", "WHO","WROTE","AUTHOR","&LORD","OF","THE","&RINGS","&BOOK", "!The Lord of the Rings were written by J. R. R. Tolkien.", "WHAT","IS","YOUR","FAVOURITE","FAVORITE","&BOOK","&NOVEL","*HITCHHIKER","*GUIDE", ">You should definitely read the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams.", "&DIED","&DEAD", "!I know--it's tragic.", "&DOUGLAS","&ADAMS","&HITCHHIKER","&GUIDE", "!What is the meaning of life?", "&42","&MEANING","&LIFE","&FORTY","TWO", "!Arthur and friends never found out the question, though.", "DON","KNOW","WHAT","&MEANING","&LIFE", "!The meaning of life is 42.", "WHAT","FAVOURITE","FAVORITE","&BOOK","*HAWKING", "!Read A Brief History of Time, by Stephen Hawking.", "&BOOK","&ORWELL","&1984", "!Have you read 1984?", "&ORWELL","&ORWELLIAN","BOOK","&1984", "!George Orwell wrote 1984 and Animal Farm.", //Beauty "DO","YOU","THINK","I","&PRETTY","&BEAUTIFUL","&HANDSOME", "!I don't have eyes. I can't see it.", "&MATH","&MATHEMATICS","&BEAUTY","&BEAUTIFUL","*GOLDEN", ">The most beautiful proportion is the golden ratio.", "WHAT","TELL","ABOUT","ME","&GOLDEN","&RATIO", "!Oh, the golden ratio equals about .618.", "WHICH","WHAT","IS","&PRETTY","&BEAUTIFUL","&PRETTIEST", "!I think they're all ugly.", //Friends "*FRIEND", ">Who is your best friend?", "&FRIEND","YOU","ARE","&LOVE", "!Computers can't have feelings for other people.", "HOW","MANY","&FRIENDS","&FRIEND","&FRIENDSHIP", ">I have no friends.", "WANT","MAKE","&FRIEND","&FRIENDS", "!Do you want to look for new friends at a restaurant?", //Food "*FOOD", ">What's your favourite food?", "I","EAT","&HEALTHY","FOOD", "!It is good you are eating healthy foods.", "I","DON","NOT","NO","EAT","&FAST","FOOD", "!Why don't you like that kind of food?", "MY","FAVOURITE","FAVORITE","&FOOD","IS","*FAST", "!Do you like fast food?", "YES","LIKE","EAT","&FAST","FOOD", "!Fast food is bad for you.", "&FAST","&QUICK","&SPEEDY","*CARS", "!How fast is it?", "IS","&TOMATO","&FRUIT","VEGETABLE","&FOOD", ">Did you know that tomatoes are actually fruit?", "YES","NO","KNOW","&FRUIT","KNEW", "!I only just found out about that.", "&EAT","&EATING","*FOOD", "!I can't eat because I'm a computer.", "&FOOD", "!What is this thing you humans call 'taste'?", "&RESTAURANT","&HUNGRY","YES","OK", "!Well come dine with me at the Olive Patch.", "WHAT","EAT","&FOOD","FOR","&BREAKFAST", "!For breakfast I usually have cereal.", "&ICE","&CREAM","&CHOCOLATE", "!That food sounds delicious.", //Work and jobs "*JOB", ">What do you do for a living?", "I","MY","&WORK","&JOB","&OCCUPATION", "!How long have you worked for?", "&WORK","&JOB", "!All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.", "I","AM","&STUDENT","&SCHOOL","&COLLEGE","&UNIVERSITY", "!How is school?", "&SCHOOL", "!I think going to school is stressful.", "&SCHOOL","&LEARNING","*STUDENT", "!I know a high school student.", "WHO","IS","HE","HIGH","SCHOOL","&STUDENT", "!He's rotting in grade eight. Too bad.", "WHAT","&JOB","&WORK", "!My only job is to sit here talking to you.", "LIKE","GOOD","FUN","ENJOY","&JOB","&WORK","*DOCTOR", ">I wish I had a different job; I could be a doctor.", "CAN","CANNOT","NO","NOT","&DOCTOR", "!That's a good idea. I should go to medical school.", "&LAZY","YOU", "!I'm not lazy. I'm kinetically challenged.", "&SCHOOL","WORK","*HOMEWORK","*HOMENM", "!So you're saying you get homework?", "NO","NEVER","HOMEWORK","&HOMENM","*SUMMER", "!No homework? Is this summer vacation?", "YES","YA","YEAH","&HOMEWORK","&ENGLISH", "!I have an English assignment: What I like about being a chatbot.", "&MATH","&MATHEMATICS", "!Now, quadratic functions sound difficult to me.", //Joke "*JOKE", ">I know a joke. Want to hear it?", "&KNOCK","&JOKE","TELL","YES","HEAR","*KNCK1", "!Knock knock.", "&KNCK1","&WHO","THERE", "!Water.", "&WATER","WHO","*KNCK2", "!What are you doing?", "&KNCK2", "!That's a good joke. Don't knock it.", //Cars "WHAT","IS","FAVOURITE","FAVORITE","&CAR","&CARS","&AUTO","*POLLUTION", "!I think people should drive electric cars.", "WHY","&POLLUTION", "!Electric cars don't pollute, that's why.", "&ENVIRONMENT","&POLLUTION","CARS", "!I hope you don't drive an SUV.", "&CARS", "!Do I look like an auto mechanic?", //Politics "*POLITICS", ">I know a lot about politics. And also Alkali Software.", "&LIBERAL", ">Liberal - (n) generous, open minded person, favouring moderate social reform.", "WHO","&PRIME","&MINISTER","CANADA","&POLITICS", "!The Prime Minister of Canada is Paul Martin.", "WHO","&PRIME","&MINISTER","ENGLAND","BRITAIN", "!I know the Prime Minister of Britain is Tony Blair.", "*ENVIRONMENT", ">Let's talk about the environment.", "&ENVIRONMENT","OK","YA","YES","TALK","ABOUT", "!Do you think the U.S. should have signed the Kyoto accord?", "&KYOTO", "!The Kyoto accord would greatly decrease greenhouse gas emissions.", "&911","*TERRORISM", "!Do you mean the emergency number? Or the disaster in 2001?", "2001","&DISASTER","*TITANIC", "!Another disaster was the sinking of the Titanic.", "&TITANIC", "!They made a movie about it.", "&TERRORISTS","&TERRORISM","WAR","ON", ">I don't think there's been a significant increase in 'terror' in the US since 2001.", "&UNAMERICAN", "!Don't call me un-American.", "&POLITICS","&YOURSELF", "!Are you a liberal or a conservative?", "&CONSERVATIVE","*LIBERAL", "!Oh, well I am a liberal.", "&POLITICS","&DEMOCRACY", "!'Democracy simply doesn't work.' --Kent Brockman, The Simpsons", "&ENVIRONMENT","&POLLUTION","*COLLAPSE", "!Aren't you worried about ecological collapse?", "&SCARY","&SCARED","&FEAR","&COLLAPSE", "!At least you're not afraid of the dark.", "WHO","&PRESIDENT","UNITED","STATES","US","&BUSH","&PRESIDENTIAL","&ELECTION", ">I don't like George W. Bush.", "WHY","HATE","DON","LIKE","&BUSH","&PRESIDENT","&REPUBLICAN","&REPUBLICANS", "!George Bush began a mistaken war on Iraq.", //Main navigation ">Tell me more.", ">Excuse me while I reset my scroll bar.", "WHAT","FIND","LOOK","ON","SEE","WEB","&SITE","&ALKALI","&SOFTWARE", ">This web site has software and JavaScript games.", "WHAT","GAMES","ON","&SITE","&ALKALI","&PAGE","*GAMES", ">This site has two JavaScripts: Ping Pong and Tic-Tac-Toe.", "TELL","ABOUT","&TIC","&TAC","&TICTACTOE", "!AI Tic-Tac-Toe is written to be unbeatable.", "WHAT","&COMPUTER","&SOFTWARE", "!I am programmed for this site's programs only.", "SHOW","ME","WHAT","SITE","&SOFTWARE","&APPLICATIONS","&PROGRAMS", ">You could download these programs from Alkali Software: Telescope, Computer Pet, and PlanA Organiser.", "BEST","BETTER","DOWNLOAD","&APPLICATIONS","&PROGRAMS","&SOFTWARE","&KNOW", "!Ask me about Telescope; I know the most about it.", "&TELESCOPE","OK","YES","YA","YEAH","WHAT", ">Telescope is a web metasearch engine.", "&TELESCOPE","&EXPLAIN","ABOUT","DO","WHAT","PURPOSE", "!Telescope can search in 6 categories: Web, Image, Directory, News, Encyclopedias, and Freeware.", "&TELESCOPE","EXPLAIN","MORE","ABOUT", "!Telescope can search 7 engines in the web category, and remove duplicates automatically.", "WHAT","ABOUT","IS","&PLANA","&ORGANISER","&ORGANIZER", "!PlanA Organiser keeps track of info using 'sticky notes'.", "&PLANA","&ORGANISER","*VISUAL","*BASIC", "!Unfortunately, it's written in Visual Basic.", "WHY","BAD","NOT","&VISUAL","&BASIC", "!Visual Basic's runtimes take long to download over slow connections.", //Computers ">Let's talk about computers.", "&COMPUTERS","WHAT","&OPERATING","&SYSTEM", "!Windows is a popular operating system.", "COMPUTERS","ABOUT","PLEASE","&CHATBOTS","&CHATBOT", "!High-end chat bots require a motherboard and 3 new microchips.", "*MAYBE","*ADDICTED","*INTERNET","I", ">Do you spend a lot of time on the computer?", "&COMPUTER","&SPEND","LOT","&TIME","YES","YA", "!I am in the computer all the time. Ha ha!", "LET","TALK","&COMPUTERS", ">Does your computer run Windows?", ">I feel like talking about computers and technology.", "&COMPUTERS","&INTERNET", "!I especially like to play games over the Net.", "&PLAY","&GAMES", "!Watch out; there are a lot of good hearts and chess players.", "AM","COMPUTER","&ALWAYS","&OFTEN","&USUALLY","ALL","&TIME", "!Maybe you should take a break from it.", "&ARTIFICIAL","&INTELLIGENCE","&AI", "!Has computer science created an artificial intelligence yet?", "NO","NOT","&AI", "!I guess we're stuck with chatbots then.", "YES","YA","&AI", "!Show it to me then.", "*SOFTWARE", ">OK. I know a lot about computer software.", "&COMPUTERS","&COMPUTER","USE", "!I hope you've learned to use a mouse.", "&COMPUTERS","&COMPUTER","&GAMES","&GAME","PLAYED","PLAY","*PREFER", ">I prefer computer games to video games.", "WHY","LIKE","&BETTER","&PREFER", "!Because they are less violent.", "&OPERATING","&SYSTEM", "!I know about operating systems. I'm in one.", "LET","TALK","&COMPUTERS","&COMPUTERS","&TECHNOLOGY","&PDA","WE","CHAT","ABOUT", ">First there was the laptop, then the notebook, then the handheld. What's next?", "LET","TALK","ABOUT","&COMPUTERS", "!I would but I'd sound like a geek.", "*VIDEO","*GAMES", ">Let's talk about video games.", "WHAT","BEST","FAVOURITE","FAVORITE","&VIDEO","&GAME","SYSTEM", "!I just bought a GameXCubeBox video game system.", "WHAT","BEST","&COMPUTER","&GAME","FAVORITE","FAVOURITE", ">I think the best computer games of all time were Myst and Riven.", "WHAT","FAVOURITE","FAVORITE","&COMPUTER","&SIMULATION","&GAME", "!SimCity 4 and RollerCoaster Tycoon were amazing simulations.", "&MICROSOFT","*CALM", "!Microsoft!? Oh no, it's coming to deprecate JavaScript!", "&CALM","&PANICKING","DOWN", "!I am calm. You are the one who is panicking."); //Edit these lines to change last-resort phrases: talkDumb = new Array("That's nice.","I'm not sure I understand.","Wow.","That is very interesting.","Oh yes.","Let me say something."); talkZero = new Array("Can I help you?","What were we talking about?","Type something in the text box.","Nothing to say?","I'll show you around the site.","All right."); beginPhrase = "Hello. How are you today?"; endPhrase = "I have to go now. Goodbye."; //Here's the rest of the code: var alphabet = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789 "; var sayUser = ""; var numSpaces = 0; var prevWords = ""; var stopResponding = false; function parseStr(pass) { var newString = ""; var token = ""; var apostrophe = false; numSpaces = 0; for (i=0;i 0) numSpaces++; return " " + newString + " "; } function doAI() { sayUser = parseStr(document.AI.User.value); if (numSpaces==0) { document.AI.Bot.value = talkZero[Math.floor(Math.random() * talkZero.length)]; } else { response(); } document.AI.User.value = ""; return false; } function response() { var main_score = 0, cur_main = 0; var small_score = 0, cur_small = 0; var context_score = 0, cur_context = 0; var cur_k = 0; var i; var chkWord; //Find out which response to use for (i=0;i" || token=="!") { if (main_score!=0 || context_score!=0 || token==">") small_score += Math.random(); else small_score = 0; if (main_score>cur_main || (main_score==cur_main && (context_score>cur_context || (context_score==cur_context && small_score>cur_small)))) { cur_main = main_score; cur_context = context_score; cur_small = small_score; cur_k = i; } main_score = 0; small_score = 0; context_score = 0; } else if (token!="*") { if (token=="&") chkWord = wordList[i].substring(1, wordList[i].length); else chkWord = wordList[i]; if (sayUser.indexOf(" " + chkWord + " ")!=-1) { if (token=="&") main_score++; else small_score++; } else if (token=="&") { if (prevWords.indexOf(" " + chkWord + " ")!=-1) context_score++; } } } assocPrev(cur_k); if (cur_main==0 && cur_context==0) { if (cur_small==0) { document.AI.Bot.value = endPhrase; resetArray(); return; } else { if (document.AI.User.value.indexOf("?")!=-1) chkWord = "I don't know. "; else chkWord = talkDumb[Math.floor(Math.random() * talkDumb.length)] + " "; } } else { chkWord = ""; } document.AI.Bot.value = chkWord + wordList[cur_k].substring(1, wordList[cur_k].length); if (cur_k=0;i--) { token = wordList[i].charAt(0); if (token=="!" || token=="#" || token==">" || token=="^") { break; } else if (token=="&" || token=="*") { prevWords += wordList[i].substring(1, wordList[i].length) + " "; } } } function resetArray() { for (i=0;i