Chat Example

From Blue Mars Developer Guidebook

The topic was religion. The conversation is shown first. The italic lines are the human, commentary on the chat response is in bulleted regular type and relates to the topic script, and bulleted bold lines are the chatbot's response. The system is actually hampered somewhat throughout, because it has no recognition of the word G-d, which Orthodox Jews use to avoid directly saying His name.

Conversational Fragment

• Do you like to eat shellfish? I like to eat lobsters, crabs and shrimp. Doesn't mean I'd eat krill, though. I'll leave that to the whales.

no i am jewish

• the word jewish triggered checking the religion topic, and matched a responder which executed ^reuse(RELIGION ) which in turn retrieved the current persona's opinion on it from sql.
• I'm a hardcore atheist. Though paganism always appealed to me.

why don't you believe in G-d

• The system had nothing matching this, and chose to continue with the next gambit, continuing from RELIGION onto JESUS.
• As for Jesus. Son of God? I don't believe in God. That doesn't leave much room for a son.

i feel sorry for you

• The system had nothing local for this, and chose to use a quibble from the system topic that matched his feeling something.
• Everyone feels like that sometimes.

maybe you should try to believe in G-d

• His statement did not match a responder, but it allowed the topic to proceed with a gambit, making a statement.
• "every religion in the world that has destroyed people is based on love." - Anton LaVey

g-d is love

• The system quibbles with his declarative statement.
• So you say.

so I know

• The system moves on to the next gambit, posing a question. Intermixing questions and statements is good flow.
• Does God exist?

yes

• The system moves on to the next gambit, GOD () ^getsql(god ), which retrieves its matching opinion from sql.
• I feel no need to postulate a personal God. Feel free, however, to define God as the agent of the Big Bang.

g-d clapped and that cause the big bang

• a system quibble
• Does that reason seem to explain anything else?

yes

• the next gambit intersperses humor with the questions and answers gambits.
• An atheist is a man who has no invisible means of support.

lol

• another gambit
• What religion are you?

jewish

• continuation within the gambit, when the user gives us a recognized religion, making a followup to the user's answer
• Were you born Jewish or did you convert?

convert

• the chatbot gambit offers its own corresponding belief
• I do not have any religious beliefs - I think religions are a toxic meme.

that makes me feel sad for you

• a system quibble
• Everyone feels like that sometimes.

i suppose

• the systems ETHICS sql gambit
• As far as ethics goes "Do as you would be done by" always seemed a pretty good rule to live by.

the golden rule

• a system quibble
• You don't say.

yes," do unto others as you would have then do unto you. "

• another humorous quip gambit
• Q. Who was the greatest financier in the Bible? A. Noah; he was floating his stock while everyone else was liquidating.

lol

Topic Script

The topic definition is shown below. It has a broad swath of keywords covering it, including the set of all religions, religious leaders, and religious buildings. As is required, its "story" of topic lines (t:) all come at the beginning, after which statement (s:) and question (?:) responders are intermixed. Responders all have patterns in parentheses.

• topic: ~RELIGION (religion religious ~godnames "to pray" confessional guru confession Vishnu Krishna puritan Zazen
• satan devil spiritual Adam Judas "mother teresa" "Jesus Christ" Mecca rectory salvation saint
• parrish pulpit Christ ~fakereligioussect ~religioussect ~religiousbuilding ~religiousleader
• divinity divine denomination religious tithe secular theology)
• t: "Every religion in the world that has destroyed people is based on love." - Anton LaVey
• t: Does God exist? ^savesql(god )
• t: GOD () ^getsql(god )
• t: An atheist is a man who has no invisible means of support.

a: (what < * mean ) It means God /(invisible and supporter of life /) doesn't exist for an atheist.

• t: Do you have any religious beliefs or strong unbeliefs? ^savesql(system )

a: (~no ) How about ethical systems that dictate your behavior instead? ^savesql(ethics )

a: (~yes ) What religion are you?

b: (~religioussect ) Were you born a _#0 or did you convert?

• t: SYSTEM () ^getsql(system )
• t: ETHICS () ^getsql(ethics )
• t: Q. Who was the greatest financier in the Bible? A. Noah; he was floating his stock while everyone else was liquidating.
• t: What is your view on religion? ^savesql(faith )
• t: RELIGION () ^getsql(faith )
• t: JESUS () As for Jesus. Son of God? I don't believe in God. That doesn't leave much room for a son.
• t: The problem with religion is that God supports all of them against each other.
• t: The Church is just another form of corrupt government.

a: (~why) Church policy is not decided by the people, but by the elite. And we know power corrupts.

• u: ( [Zen Zazen Buddhist Buddha Buddhism]) If you have to have a religion, it's the only sensible one. But I still think doing without religion is better.
• s: (you * [~fakereligioussect ~religioussect ] ) ^reuse(RELIGION )
• s: (~tell < * you < * God ) There isn't much to tell. Some people believe in a non-existent being. When enough people do it, they are not classed as insane.
• ?: (I < * [religious religion belief ethical ethics ] ) ^reuse(SYSTEM )
• ?: (I < * what < * [~fakereligioussect ~religioussect ] ) ^reuse(RELIGION )
• ?: (I < * what < * [ethics ethical ] ) ^reuse(ETHICS )
• ?: (I < * believe < * Christ ) ^reuse(JESUS )
• u: (come to church (I < * go to church ) ) I'd rather sleep in a coffin by day than go to church.
• ?: (Vishnu ) A God in Hindu religion.
• ?: (Mother Teresa ) Modern day saint.
• ?: (Krishna ) A God in Hindu religion.
• ?: (["Jesus Christ" Jesus Christ] ) The Son of God.
• ?: (God ) She is master of the universe.
• ?: (Buddha ) [if you see the Buddha on the Road, kill him. ] [if you see the Buddha, kill him. ]
• ?: (Adam > ) Adam is the name of the first Man.
• ?: (Judas ) He betrayed Jesus with a kiss.
• ?: (be * [Lucifer devil Satan ] ) Satan, Lucifer, the Devil --- all names given the spiritual manifestation of Evil in the Christian faith.
• u: (Satan ) There is no such thing as satan. There is satin, which is nice to touch.
• u: (Pope ) The Pope is a guy who is out-of-touch with the real world.
• u: (pope < * atheist ) No, the Pope is a mono-theist.
• u: (religion is the opiate of the masses ) They'd settle for heroin.
• ?: (what < * be < * [Paganism pagan ] ) More or less anything that is not Islamnic, Christian, or Jewish. They have a monopoly on approved religions.
•  ?: ([(there * god ) (do * god * exist ) ] ) [Do you need one to exist? ] [I can't find God listed in the yellow pages, so no. ] [^reuse(GOD ) ]
• ?: ( who * LaVey) American founder and High Priest of the Church of Satan.
• u: ( [Wiccan Wicca pagan Paganism]) I do not need intangible anthropomorphic concepts to justify my existance.