Visual AIML

More on that last point -- specifically, I think it would be good to have a visual language for the ALICE scripting language, AIML.

Something my Granddad could use.

It should be a long series of questionnaires. As you continue to fill them out, the bot becomes more 'knowledgeable'.

Almost like that old program, Animals -- Does it have feathers? Yes. Is it a chicken? No. What is it? An eagle.