I know what you mean. you have to have the patience of a saint and the know-how to train Hal so it responds the way it should. I more or less have given up trying to get her to work the way I want it to.
However,it is fun sometimes to see what she will say., most of the time it's recycled generic canned responses, but once in awhile it can surprise me with a funny line.
I would like to take out all of the canned responses and have Hal work more like other chatbots that say something relevant to what I am saying. What I mean by canned responses, is responses programmed into Hal, instead of what I teach her.
I realize that it may be the best AI program out there, but it's too complicated for me to fully understand what to say.
And, yeah, I'll continue to use Hal, and if I can, buy future releases.