Made it so that if ChatGPT replies with the time (which is almost always wrong because it can't understand time well), the bot will replace the time provided for the actual current time. Time will still confuse it tho

Author: self

chatbot.py

@@ -182,7 +182,8 @@ def gpt_response(self, prompt: str) -> str:
 
         return response
 
-    def say_to_chatbot(self, text: str, outloud: bool = True, show_text:bool = True) -> str:
+    def say_to_chatbot(self, text: str, outloud: bool = True,
+                        show_text:bool = True, correct_time=True) -> str:
         """
         This sends a message to GPT-3 if it passes tests, then returns a
         response. Manages advancing the conversation. 
@@ -232,12 +233,19 @@ def say_to_chatbot(self, text: str, outloud: bool = True, show_text:bool = True)
             response = json.loads(str(response))
             self.tokens = response['usage']['total_tokens']
 
-            # Cut response and play it
+            # Cut response
             if not self.gpt_model == 'gpt-3.5-turbo':
                 reply = response['choices'][0]['text']
             else:
                 reply = response['choices'][0]['message']['content']
 
+            # If chatbot says time, replace with current time (it does not understand time and will give the wrong answer otherwise)
+            if correct_time:
+                now = datetime.now()
+                time = convert_to_12hr(now.hour, now.minute)
+                reply = replace_time(reply, time)
+
+            # Show / play text
             if show_text:
                 info(f'{self.name}\'s Response', 'topic')
                 info(self.get_AI_response(reply), 'plain')

general_functions.py

@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 from rich import print as color
 import os
- 
+import re
 
+def replace_time(original, time):
+    result = re.sub(r'\d+:\d+ [A, P]M', time, original)
+    return result
+ 
 def convert_to_12hr(hour_24, minutes):
     '''
     Converts 24 hour time into a nicely formatted 12 hour timestamp