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Chat bots. As in virtual assistants. Ask them in natural language for something they're built to provide and they'll try to get it to you (and mostly fail).
by mixedCase 10y ago
Chat bots. As in virtual assistants. Ask them in natural language for something they're built to provide and they'll try to get it to you (and mostly fail).
- a3n 10y agoWell, something a little more meaty. How do they get on a consumer's phone. Is that "OK Google" thing a chatbot? How do other bots get there. Is there a network protocol particularly associated with bots, or is most of it done on the device. Link?
- mixedCase 10y agoNo specific network protocol, no standards. They can be plugged into networks like FB Messenger, Telegram, Slack and so on. Some are straight-up independent apps. In Telegram for example all you have to do is to add the chatbot like another contact. Conceptually they're not very different from IRC bots except for having natural language processing rather than simple regex/command capabilities. Chat bots are associated with text, but Google Assistant and Siri are basically chat bots plugged into voice recognition and text-to-speech interfaces.