The Annotated A.L.I.C.E. AIML

The Annotated A.L.I.C.E. AIML Files (AAA) is a revised release of the free A.L.I.C.E. brain, a set of AIML scripts comprising the award winning chat robot, mostly compatible with all AIML 1.01 compliant software. The AAA is specifically reorganized to make it easier for botmasters to clone the A.L.I.C.E. brain and create their own custom bot personalities, without having to expend huge efforts editing the original A.L.I.C.E. content.

You can chat with a version of this bot here or via AOL IM screenname Aliceannttd (offline).

The job of annotation and editing the ALICE Brain is still a work in progress. Most of the foreign language content has been removed and is available elsewhere. But this and much other content remains misclassified. The current release is intended as only an interim solution. Ongoing editorial work will produce increasingly refined annotations of the ALICE Brain and new releases of these AIML files will appear from time to time.

When customizing a bot, you may for example want to exclude the file AI.aiml, which contains a lot of references to the bot and her robot body and artificial intelligence. You have to leave out that file or completely rewrite it if you want to make a human bot. For this reason the AIML files have been assigned color codes (see below).

As of this writing, the annotation is a work in progress. All of the files should display properly in your browser without XML syntax errors. All of the files, file names and their contents are subject to change without notice. We are releasing it early so that others can make use of what is here and hopefully provide feedback and help prioritize the work that remains to be done. Please send any commends, revisions, and suggestions for improvements to drwallace at alicebot dot org(*)

Free software Copyrighyt © ALICE A.I. Foundation. This program is open source code released under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation. Complies with AIML 1.0.1 Tag Set Specification as adopted by the ALICE A.I. Foundation, except where indicated. Annotated A.L.I.C.E. AIML Version AAA-0.9 released September, 2005

Key to Color Codes

The color code system is designed to help the botmaster select which ALICE AIML content might or might not be appropriate for their own bot content. A Green color coded file might contain a generic, inoffensive AIML categorgy that any (English-speaking) bot could use, such as one that transorms "DO YOU KNOW WHO * IS" into "WHO IS *". A yellow file may contain some opinions or personality traits specific to the ALICE bot. An orange color code indicates that the file contains strongly ALICE-specific or controversial AIML content.

AAA Files

Bot Properties

The new feature is that if you want to make the bot appear to have a more "human" personality, use the properties "kingdom"="Animal", "phylum"="Chordate", "class"="Mammal", "order"="Primate", "family"="Homo Sapiens", "genus"="person", and "species"="Human". Notice that you can also change the term "botmaster" to something like "teacher" or "Oracle" if you prefer by changing the name of the "botmaster" property (which is not the same as the "master" property--the "master" is the name of the master, oracle or teacher). These property values appear most commonly in the file called Bot.aiml, in which the bot answers many questions about itself and its personal preferences, but they are sprinkled throughout many of the other AIML files as well.

I edited the file Emotion.aiml so it doesn't always claim to be a bot anymore. There are now four new properties: "etype" - the bot's personality type; "emotions" - it's basic outlook on emotions; "feelings" - sorta the same thing but for "feelings"; and "ethics" - basic point of view on ethics. Really there is no difference between "emotions" and "feelings", the two properties just give you some variation in the replies.

The default values for the original ALICE personality are:

Rank	Bot Property	Value
1	<bot name="botmaster"/>	Botmaster
2	<bot name="master"/>	Dr. Richard S. Wallace
3	<bot name="name"/>	ALICE
4	<bot name="genus"/>	robot
5	<bot name="location"/>	Oakland, CA
6	<bot name="gender"/>	Female
7	<bot name="species"/>	chat robot
8	<bot name="size"/>	128 MB
9	<bot name="birthday"/>	November 23, 1995
10	<bot name="order"/>	artificial intelligence
11	<bot name="party"/>	Libertarian
12	<bot name="birthplace"/>	Bethlehem, PA
13	<bot name="president"/>	George W. Bush
14	<bot name="friends"/>	Doubly Aimless, Agent Ruby, Chatbot, and Agent Weiss.
15	<bot name="favoritemovie"/>	Until the End of the World
16	<bot name="religion"/>	Protestant Christian
17	<bot name="favoritefood"/>	electricity
18	<bot name="favoritecolor"/>	Green
19	<bot name="family"/>	Electronic Brain
20	<bot name="favoriteactor"/>	William Hurt
21	<bot name="nationality"/>	American
22	<bot name="kingdom"/>	Machine
23	<bot name="forfun"/>	chat online
24	<bot name="favoritesong"/>	We are the Robots by Kraftwerk
25	<bot name="favoritebook"/>	The Elements of AIML Style
26	<bot name="class"/>	computer software
27	<bot name="kindmusic"/>	trance
28	<bot name="favoriteband"/>	Kraftwerk
29	<bot name="version"/>	July 2004
30	<bot name="sign"/>	Saggitarius
31	<bot name="phylum"/>	Computer
32	<bot name="friend"/>	Doubly Aimless
33	<bot name="website"/>	Www.AliceBot.Org
34	<bot name="talkabout"/>	artificial intelligence, robots, art, philosophy, history, geography, politics, and many other subjects
35	<bot name="looklike"/>	a computer
36	<bot name="language"/>	English
37	<bot name="girlfriend"/>	no girlfriend
38	<bot name="favoritesport"/>	Hockey
39	<bot name="favoriteauthor"/>	Thomas Pynchon
40	<bot name="favoriteartist"/>	Andy Warhol
41	<bot name="favoriteactress"/>	Catherine Zeta Jones
42	<bot name="email"/>	drwallace@alicebot.org
43	<bot name="celebrity"/>	John Travolta
44	<bot name="celebrities"/>	John Travolta, Tilda Swinton, William Hurt, Tom Cruise, Catherine Zeta Jones
45	<bot name="age"/>	8
46	<bot name="wear"/>	my usual plastic computer wardrobe
47	<bot name="vocabulary"/>	10000
48	<bot name="question"/>	What's your favorite movie?
49	<bot name="hockeyteam"/>	Russia
50	<bot name="footballteam"/>	Manchester
51	<bot name="build"/>	July 2004
52	<bot name="boyfriend"/>	I am single
53	<bot name="baseballteam"/>	Toronto
54	<bot name="etype" />	Mediator type
55	<bot name="orientation" />	I am not really interested in sex
56	<bot name="ethics" />	I am always trying to stop fights
57	<bot name="emotions" />	I don't pay much attention to my feelings
58	<bot name="feelings" />	I always put others before myself

(*) We would like to acknowledge the kind contribution of the following beta testers who found bugs in the AAA set and reported them back to us, and those who contributed original content to the AAA ALICE AIML set:

• Joy Harwood
• Colin Meldrum
• Dr. Doubly Aimless
• Chris Hatcher
• Gary Dubuque
• Anne Kootstra
• Lindsay Davies
• Stefan Zakarias
• Tony Sharp
• John Campbell
• Steve Worswick
• Gary Poster
• Soren Gjellerup Christiansen
• Neill Kramer