A while ago I stumbled across a neat idea for a chatbot in 18 lines of code:

http://www.gamedev.net/topic/663348-chatbot-in-18-lines-of-code-python-help/

I modified it a bit with more features. Today I stumbled across a mention of a chatbot named ELIZA:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA

I searched for a Python implementation and this is where my search lead me:

http://www.jezuk.co.uk/cgi-bin/view/software/eliza

I changed whrandom to random (don't know how this will affect the program, but it seems to work:

The reason I am looking into chatbots is for AI game characters. I really want it as simple as possible. Anyone think this would be a suitable base AI that could be implemented in any programming language?

It seems customizable enough.

This search was inspired by:

http://www.science20.com/eye_brainstorm/why_my_computer_didnt_do_all_my_homework-93905