Betty is a chat bot written by
Hoser from British Columbia, Canada.
She lives on IRC on
Newnet and spends her time
in the #30+Hugz channel.
Betty is not an artifical intelligence, but rather a simulated
life form. She responds to a list of trigger words and situations.
As well, she recognizes commands and can do things like tell jokes, recite poetry and
repeat quotes. She also plays Rock-Paper-Scissors and hosts word games.
Betty does not take holidays, but she does sleep. She is online every day from
around 7:00 in the morning until around 11:00 in the evening, Pacific
Time.
Betty's Trivia
Until 1937, the basketball referee tossed a jump ball after every basket.
Word Games
for 2010 September
HANGMAN So far this month, Betty hosted no Hangman games.
GIVETAKE So far this month, Betty hosted no GiveTake games.
About Betty
Betty's program is written in AppleScript and runs in ircle under Mac OS X.
Betty lives in an Intel-based Mac mini.
Betty's real name is Zowie.
Betty was born on IRC on Newnet in #30+Hugz on August 13th, 2000.
Betty's Commands
Type an exclamation point before each of Betty's commands.
joke pun confucius deepthoughts trivia knock
stevenwright limerick poem quote sing zodiac sign
These commands can be used by themselves, or followed by someone's name.
hug insult
pinch sit
smack smile
Betty plays Rock-Paper-Scissors.
rock
paper
scissors
She also hosts word games.
hangman
givetake
letter solve answer
exit
categories turn
Word Game Categories
Alcohol
Animals
Automobiles
Beatles Songs
Birds
Body Parts
Breakfast Cereals
Candy
Cartoon Characters
Chemical Elements
Cities
Classic TV
Clothing
Cocktails
Colours
Countries
Dog Breeds
Drinks
Foods
Geography
Ice Cream Flavours
Insects
Languages
Mathematics
Movies
Musical Instruments
Musicians
Outer Space
Sports
Trains
Transportation
Trees
Weather