[Carl2]

  I found this on the web while searching for learning chatbots.  http://janbogaerts.name/index.php/downloads/ , It was released Dec. 15, 2011 so it should be up to date.  Just got the homwpage, http://janbogaerts.name/ , it uses a neural network which I read about some time ago.  There are two versions, the Chatbot designer basic and the chatbot designer pro.  I've got the pro version and have been playing with it to familarize myself with it. He has quite alot of doumentation about it and quite a few video's to help with using it. 
Carl2

[Freddy]

Yes that's Bragi's project, he is active here...

This is the main thread : http://aidreams.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=3594.0

For me it is one of the most exciting and interesting projects currently being worked on, and he really has put a great deal of work and thought into it.

[Carl2]

  I read seven pages, possibly if I read it 2 or 3 more times I'll be able to learn a little.  At this time all I have been able to do is fill in user input and the bot reply similar to an Aiml type bot.  I was able to put in a I don't know for a sentence I did not supply an answer to.  For now it's fun to play with, I'll have to watch the video's and read his documentation.
Carl2

[Bragi]

Nice to see it is starting to work for you. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask. I'm sure I'll be able to help out. There are still some bugs here and there, but I'm working on it.

[Carl2]

Bragi,
  Glad you are looking in and posted.  Here are some things,  Hello. gets a reply, Hello (without period) gives  I don't know. hello. gives a reply.
Under view, resources, I have wordnet checked if I try to use it there is an error msg.   In the thesaurus it looks like we make one by adding words and meanings.  What I've noticed seeing receintly is an answer I put in a topic but not necessarly the correct one.  I've found I can input the same text and she will go down the list.
  I'm still new and unexperienced but I'm not sure where this is going.  Don't get me wrong I like it but to get the next input in to get a reply is saying this is still pretty undeveeloped.
Carl2

[Bragi]

Thanks for the feedback Carl2.

Hello. gets a reply, Hello (without period) gives  I don't know. hello. gives a reply.

This depends on how you define the pattern. If you have an input pattern like:

Code

Hello.

Then yes, it requires a period at the end.
if you define:

Code

Hello[.]

or 

Code

Hello

Then it should also work without a period.
Is this going working?

Under view, resources, I have wordnet checked if I try to use it there is an error msg.

What does the error message say?

What I've noticed seeing receintly is an answer I put in a topic but not necessarly the correct one.  I've found I can input the same text and she will go down the list.

I don't completely understand what you mean. What exactly is happening?

[Bragi]

For me it is one of the most exciting and interesting projects currently being worked on, and he really has put a great deal of work and thought into it.

Thanks Freddy. It's been an interesting journey up to know, don't know about the 'thought' though, perhaps more 'brainfarts'  .
I've been out of it a little bit for the last week (flew, from all the Christmas kisses  ) Back on track now, I think.
Cheers.

[Carl2]

  Bragi,
    Thanks for the quick reply,  my background is working with ultra hal from Zabaware, I've tried a few Aiml bots such as Rebecca and another self learning Aiml bot.  Ultra hal with a new install will get some type of answer for just about any input.  For Amil bots there are downloads of Aiml files to get the bot moving along.  With Aiml I'm able to edit files and add some new ones.
  So that's a little of my background.  As far as the puncuation,  thanks that was a help.  I'll try it with something like  Good morning. and Good morning [Betty.}
  With wordnet I get;  System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException (0x80131904): A network-related or instance-specific error occurred whil establishing a connection to SQL Server. the server was not found or was not accessible. Verify that the instance name is correct and that the SQL server is configured to allow remote connections. (provider: SQL Network Interfaces, error 26 - Error  Locating Server/Instance Specified)  then a long list of Info.
Carl2
   

[Bragi]

Ok, thanks. I'll look into the wordnet error. (I will try some things over here).

At the moment, it's not yet possible to have a completely self learning bot with my system, but I am working on this (I know how, just need to find a timeslot for implementing, testing and writing everything down). It would be in a form, similar like:
you say: 'when my sister says she wants icecream, you have to say no' or 'when a person says they are hungry, you have to offer some food." This technique does require a minimum set of predefined patterns though and is itself implemented using some patterns and memory operations (so you can define your own tihngs like this).

If you go to {my documents}\nnd\demos you'll find a few demo projects that I have already created (most of them are based on a tutorial, like 'why, because, invert', 'like',... These are very limited demos that only show a particular feature, but they can be used as a base to expand upon.
You can also export topics and import them again into your own bot (file/import/topic or file/export/topic -> works on the topic currently selected in the project view). This way, you can pick some topics from other bots to make a new one. Watch out with this though, cause you need to make certain that each topic uses the same memory model (a topic that saves 'who' to 'bot.mem.who.value'  can cause some problems if you mix it with a topic that uses 'bot.memory.who.value'
The 'all' project is a first attempt of me for making a 'general purpose' starting project that you can modify the outputs from or pick out a number of topics. But it's still very much a work in progress. (The next release will update this project). So I added a feature in the 'project view' that allows you to quickly replace a topic in your project with a new version (feature will be fully available in the next release).  Open the context menu on a topic and select 'replace'. This will open an 'open-file-dialog' where you can select the replacement for the topic.

[Art]

... I've tried a few Aiml bots such as Rebecca and another self learning Aiml bot.... <clipped>
Carl2
 

Carl2,
Regarding the "self-learning" bot you tested. Which one was that?
Thanks!

[Carl2]

  Actually there were two, Rebecca was one and another one that I just can't remeber the name of, I'm pretty sure I saw a link or discussion at AI Dreams.  I just downloaded Rebecca again, but haven't got it running again. ( a reinstall win again )
Carl2

[Bragi]

I finally made a new release of all the soft, including the windows versions. There are also a (smallish) bunch of topics available for download. Everything's available from my new website. There are also lots of things in the docks,...

[JoshMorris]

Bragi,
  Glad you are checking out this excellent Proextender review and looking in and posted.  Here are some things,  Hello. gets a reply, Hello (without period) gives  I don't know. hello. gives a reply.
Under view, resources, I have wordnet checked if I try to use it there is an error msg.   In the thesaurus it looks like we make one by adding words and meanings.  What I've noticed seeing receintly is an answer I put in a topic but not necessarly the correct one.  I've found I can input the same text and she will go down the list.
  I'm still new and unexperienced but I'm not sure where this is going.  Don't get me wrong I like it but to get the next input in to get a reply is saying this is still pretty undeveeloped.
Carl2

Where can you download the Rebecca code?

[Freddy]

I'm guessing it's this that Carl was talking about  : http://rebecca-aiml.sourceforge.net/

[M0RPHE0US]

Bragi are you around?  I'm an old NND fan/user and I used to post in your old forum. I have a bot I made with NND loaded on an ASP Windows server and I need just a wee bit of help with the API calls and URLs. If I can figure out the basics Paphus can use the API to connect a proxy bot to the Neural Net and I will have an incredible Bot with Twitter and E-Mail and all sorts of bells and whistles. The Neural Net I loaded IS working I tested it, but with the API I could do so much more. Any chance you can help me out?


YOURS  --  M0RPHE0US