Re: Pickup Line Puzzle

> I did find a way to do this, but it was somewhat involved and somewhat
> ugly. Basically I set up a topic called PREPROCESSOR with a category
> with pattern "_" to capture all input, do some pre-processing, then
> restore the actual topic and SRAI the input to continue on as normal. On
> "returning" from the SRAI it saves the current topic before setting it
> back to PREPROCESSOR.
>
> This allows the AIML to track the input during the pre-processing, keep
> track of the input count, recognize consecutive events, etc.
>
> Let me know if you'd like to see the aiml.
>
> Mike
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 11:42:56 -0400
> From: "Dr. Rich Wallace" <drwallace@...>
> Subject: [alicebot-general] Pickup Line Puzzle
> To: "Alicebot and AIML General Discussion"
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> 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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