Oh, I'm sure your bot is great for doing that kind of thing. Can it pass the Turing Test? Probably not. And if it CAN, then there's like a million dollar prize for you to claim.
You're quite correct in that most of the idle chat on IRC is just that: Idle chat. I don't tend to go to those types of channels so the few attempts I made at a bot did much much worse than they could have if I went elsewhere.
Perhaps I should try again. I'll add it to my ever-growing to do list.
