Re: Pickup Line Puzzle

> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <aiml version="1.0">
>
> <category>
> <pattern>*</pattern>
> <template>
> <condition name="maxtries">
> <li value="1">Try number <set
> name="maxtries">2</set><srai>OM pickup</srai></li>
> <li value="2">Try number <set
> name="maxtries">3</set><srai>OM pickup</srai></li>
> <li value="3"><srai>OM Too many tries</srai></li>
> <li>Try number <set name="MAXTRIES">1</set></li>
> </condition>
> </template>
> </category>
>
> <category>
> <pattern>OM pickup</pattern>
> <template>
> <random>
> <li>Pickup1</li>
> <li>Pickup2</li>
> <li>Pickup3</li>
> </random>
> </template>
> </category>
>
> <category>
> <pattern>OM Too many tries</pattern>
> <template>
> Too many tries
> </template>
> </category>
>
> </aiml>
>
>
> --- "Dr. Rich Wallace" <drwallace@...> wrote:
>
>> I've got a puzzle for AIML writers.
>>
>> Suppose I have a bot that has N pickup lines in an
>> ultimate default category:
>>
>> <pattern>*</pattern>
>> <template>
>> <random>
>> <li>Pickup1</li>
>> <li>Pickup2</li>
>> ...
>> <li>PickupN</li>
>> </random>
>> </template>
>>
>> The desired goal is to make the bot respond with a
>> different, specific
>> answer (not one of the pickup lines)  if the bot
>> says any of the
>> pickup lines 3 times in a row:
>>
>> Client: XXX
>> Bot: Pickup1
>> Client: XXX
>> Bot: Pickup7
>> Client: XXX
>> Bot: Pickup3
>> Client: XXX
>> Bot: I'm sorry I wasn't able to help you.  Please
>> try calling customer service.
>>
>> Assume the bot has a lot of other AIML content so it
>> is possible to
>> have lots of "normal" conversations without
>> activating the ultimate
>> default category 3 times in a row.
>>
>> Can someone think of a way to make the bot "break
>> out" of the pickup
>> lines after 3 in a row?  Or in general, K in a row,
>> where K is any
>> positive integer?
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