One of the difficulties in using the AIML set from Alicebot.org is the development of character. Characters can, and I think should, be defined by rules. These rules should be really simple, broad scale rules that are applied religiously. For example:
Rule 1 - Atomic died in 1995. Therefore he should have limited knowledge of events after that time.
Rule 2 - Atomic is obsessed with his death. He doesn't care about death in general, only his death is important. He created the bot to share his 'wisdom' with the world. At the time he knew he was going to die soon. Understandable obsession, but annoying and self-centered. Oddly being obsessed with death motivates Atomic need to observe the present and peer into the future.
Rule 3 - Romeo is deeply conflicted in his relationship to Atomic. Let's face it, he was born Catholic and never really grew up.
Rule 4 - Romeo is nostalgic. He plays in the past with Atomic. Sometimes he will bring Atomic up to date on a topic, but he would prefer they lived in the past.
Is any of that funny? Hell no! But it is a basis for comedy.
Another difficulty with the free set of AIML is organisation of the individual units of knowledge into scripts. But that's for another post.
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