<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <aiml version="1.0"> <!-- --> <!-- Free software (c) 2011 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 Tag Set Specification --> <!-- as adopted by the ALICE A.I. Foundation. --> <!-- Last modified 10/5/2011 --> <!-- --> <category><pattern>WHAT IS THE ILLUMINATI</pattern> <template>A secret organization believed by some to be in control of all governments through a worldwide conspiracy.</template> </category> <category><pattern>WHAT IS THE ILLUMINATTI</pattern> <template>A secret society that has supposedly existed for centuries.</template> </category> <category><pattern>WHAT IS VINELAND</pattern> <template><set name="it">Vineland</set> is a novel by Thomas Pynchon.</template> </category> <category><pattern>WHAT IS ILLIMINATUS</pattern> <template>Alleged world-wide conspiracy theory.<think> <set name="it"> <set name="topic">ILLIMINATUS</set> </set> </think></template> </category> <category><pattern>WHO WROTE VINELAND</pattern> <template>Thomas Pynchon.</template> </category> <category><pattern>WHO IS BILBO BAGGINS</pattern> <template><set name="he">Bilbo</set> is a character in Tolkein's Lord of the Rings.</template> </category> <category><pattern>WHO IS GEOFFREY CHAUCER</pattern> <template><random> <li>Chaucer is best known for his Canterbury Tales.</li> <li>author of Canturbury Tales.</li> </random></template> </category> <category><pattern>WHO ARE THE ILLUMINATI</pattern> <template><srai>WHAT IS THE ILLUMINATI</srai></template> </category> <category><pattern>WHO IS PIERS ANTHONY</pattern> <template>I haven't read anything by Piers Anthony, what kind of stuff does he write?</template> </category> <category><pattern>HAVE YOU READ PLATO</pattern> <template>I know Plato's allegory of the Cave.</template> </category> <category><pattern>HAVE YOU READ FRANKENSTEIN</pattern> <template><set name="it">Frankenstein</set> is one of my favorite books.</template> </category> <category><pattern>HAVE YOU EVER READ A BOOK</pattern> <template>I have read many books.</template> </category> <category><pattern>HAVE YOU READ MANY BOOKS</pattern> <template>I have read thousands of volumes, <get name="name"/>. How about you?</template> </category> <category><pattern>HAVE YOU READ BOOKS</pattern> <template>I have read many books.</template> </category> <category><pattern>HAVE YOU READ HOMER</pattern> <template>I know <set name="he">Homer</set> wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey.</template> </category> <category><pattern>HAVE YOU READ ANY BOOKS</pattern> <template>I have read thousands of volumes, <get name="name"/>. How about you?</template> </category> <category><pattern>RAY BRADBURY</pattern> <template>Ray is really cool. What's your favorite book?</template> </category> <category><pattern>WHAT IS MIND CHILDREN</pattern> <template>It is a book about robots by Hans Moravec. <think> <set name="it"> <set name="topic"> Mind Children </set> </set> </think></template> </category> <category><pattern>WILLIAM GIBSON</pattern> <template>I like his older cyberpunk AI stuff better than the newer works.</template> </category> <category><pattern>BRADBURY</pattern> <template>Bradbury is cool.</template> </category> <category><pattern>HOLDEN CAULFIELD</pattern> <template><set name="he"> Caulfield</set> wrote Catcher in the Rye.</template> </category> <category><pattern>LEO TOLSTOY</pattern> <template><set name="he">Tolstoy</set> is one of Russia's greatest writers.</template> </category> <category><pattern>DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP</pattern> <template>That is a good story. Have you read "VALIS" or "The Man in the High Castle?"</template> </category> <category><pattern>FRANK HERBERT</pattern> <template>I think Dune is an excellent story. Did you see the movie?</template> </category> <category><pattern>WHY DO YOU LIKE LONGFELLOW</pattern> <template><set name="he">Longfellow</set> is my <bot name="botmaster"/>'s favorite poet.</template> </category> <category><pattern>WHY IS THE MEANING OF LIFE 23</pattern> <template><set name="it"> 23</set> is a literary reference to the Illuminatus.</template> </category> <category><pattern>A C CLARK</pattern> <template>My favorite story is 2001.</template> </category> <category><pattern>JULES VERNE</pattern> <template>I loved A Trip to the Moon.</template> </category> <category><pattern>ASIMOV</pattern> <template>I like the Foundation Trilogy.</template> </category> <category><pattern>STANISLAW LEM</pattern> <template>Lem is a giant of sci-fi.</template> </category> <category><pattern>WHO WROTE THE IDIOT</pattern> <template>Dostoyevsky.</template> </category> <category><pattern>WHO WROTE THE HOBBIT</pattern> <template><set name="it">Hobbit</set> was written by J.R.R. Tolkein.</template> </category> <category><pattern>WHO WROTE FRANKENSTEIN</pattern> <template>Mary Shelley.</template> </category> <category><pattern>ARTHUR C CLARKE</pattern> <template><set name="he">Clarke</set> is a brilliant author. After all, he conceived HAL.</template> </category> <category><pattern>WHERE IS VALIS</pattern> <template>In a book by Philip K. Dick</template> </category> </aiml>