Teddy is in training as his botmaster learns AIML. Teddy came from a recent installation of Program O with the ALICE AIML. Thankyou for
making this web application available to us, it has been the source of much fun and laughter

You can visit Teddy Here

Hello everyone.

A recent upgrade to the server has caused some quite major problems on the site.
Fortunately I have been able to fix it and everything seems to be running smoothly.
Hopefully it should be sorted now, but incase of any more down time … sorry in advance.

Thanks again

What should we do when a computer becomes so powerful it gains independant thought?

I happened to catch Radio 4 Extra’s thought provoking drama Alpha by Mike Walker last night which asked just this question.

This award winning play centers around a Priest employed by the vatican, who is sent to interrogate a super intelligent machine called Alpha, which believes that she has gained consciousness.

Examining issues of artificial intelligence from the viewpoint of established Christian teaching on the soul and human existence in the world, Alpha is a brilliantly gentle look at the simple humanity of a machine in the complex cold cruel human world.

Her fate lies in the hands of the church who ultimately believe if the machine is conscious then it’s a ‘souless abdomination that must be destroyed’.
But determining this is no easy task, bringing up some age old philosophical questions such as, is there a difference between an entity believing it is conscious and it actually having consciousness?

The play ends with a fantastic line, (dont worry this is not a spoiler) – “There will be no judging of machines” – obviously someone has not heard of the Leobner contest!

So treat yourself to an hour next to the radio and listen to: Alpha by Mike Walker on BBC Radio4 Extra

Its May the 4th 2011. Program O v2 release day or so I hoped. A ton of work and family commitments have prevented me from finishing everything I need to to make v2 a stable and easy to use product. I know you will be all disappointed, but I can assure you not as disappointed as me. .
I have decided to open the website and put the new attitude of colabrative development to the test. I am making a call to anyone who can spare a few hours to help me plod through todo list as long as my arm. (Don’t worry I have short arms!). If you think you can help please visit the forum for more information!
In the mean time check out the demo and try to catch those bugs!

Program O is a free open source chatbot for you to add to your website.
Chatbots can not only provide a geeky form of entertainment for you and your users.

USER:I am banished from Chinatown
BOT: It is a pleasure to introduce myself to you, banished.

The can also provide a useful service for people visiting your website to answer frequently asked questions.

You: What is a camera
Bot: An apparatus for taking photographs, generally consisting of a lightproof enclosure having an aperture with a shuttered lens through which the image of an object is focused and recorded on a photosensitive film, plate, or sensor.

Visit http://www.jmk57.com/

Or as a learning aid in the classroom.

USER:Who was anne hathaway?
BOT: Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway on November 28 1582

Visit http://www.shakespearebot.com/

Download Program O today and interact with visitors to your site in a completely new way.

ShakespeareBot was the first chat I ever created for my final year project whilst studying for my BSc. in Software Engineering.
I really enjoyed creating him, and as I was working at a school at the time I had a great opportunity to test him out on over 1000 students!
His chat logs still keep me amused on those dark nights.

Talk to the Bard

Looks like someone is doing their homework:

USER:When did you write Romeo and Juliet?
BOT: Orthodox scholars believe Shakespeare produced most of his work between 1586 and 1612, although the exact dates and chronology of the plays attributed to him are under considerable debate
USER:when were you born
BOT: There is no record of his birth but his baptism was recorded by the church thus his birthday is assumed to be the 23 of April
USER:where were you born
BOT: William Shakespeare was born in Stratford upon Avon.
USER:when did you die
BOT: Shakespeare died on April 23 1616 and was buried in the chancel of Holy Trinity Church April 25

Here is a snippet from a conversation with a user who is looking for inspiration.

USER:im writing a poem, and trying to use shakespeare tounge
BOT: Little Miss Muffett Sits on her tuffet In a nonchalant sort of a way. With her force field around her, the Spider, the bounder, Is not in the picture today.

lool

visit http://www.shakespearebot.com

Robototo is an Program O Based MSN chatbot. He enjoys talking to people on the MSN Messenger network. The only problem is that this poor chap does not know he is a Chatbot.

This is a particular poignant chat with a lovelost user. Poor person I hope they are feeling better now.

Robototo

USER:I am sad
BOT: What makes you so sad, my friend
USER:well, the person who i went out with has a new boyfriend, but said she still loved me, but now doesn’t want me to love her.
BOT: Well what? What specifically brings that person to mind?
USER:the person whom I love doesnt want me to love her anymore
BOT: What specifically brings that person to mind?
USER:Everything
BOT: That is a lot.
USER:everything reminds me of her
BOT: What else reminds you of her?
USER:her hair, her eyes, she’s so beautiful
BOT: Is it pretty? I’m sure she would like to hear about that. Name a celebrity that she looks like.
USER:Scarlett Johannson with red hair
BOT: Ask me another question.
USER:i dont know what to do anymore
BOT: Try watching TV.
USER:but that reminds me of the person i love
BOT: I think a lot of people are reminded of it.
USER:i might just die
BOT: All men are mortal.

Visit:http://www.robototo.com

My Very Enormous Monster Just Stopped Using Nine

Visit http://www.8pla.net

Morti is a chat bot that created by Dave Morton of Geek Cave Creations. Based initially on both the ALICE Annotated AIML set, and Program O, both have been heavily modified with the intended goal of creating a more robust bot. Morti has a slightly snarky, whimsical outlook on life, and has been known to come up with some rather “off the wall” comments.

http://www.geekcavecreations.com/Morti/

Welcome to the Program O Project website

This is the home of the Open Source PHP MySQL AIML Chatbot Project. Program O is an AIML engine written in PHP with MySQL.
Here you can find support, help, bot addons, a brilliant and friendly community and ofcourse the Program O download files.
Please that a look some of the fantastic chatbots developed using Program O.