Here is a snapshot of my chat with TechCrunch on their FB Messenger app. Here is an article on why Chatbots will be the next big thing. Although still in its nascent stages, but interacting with these chatbots is fun. Chatbots are proliferating on consumer messaging platforms such as Facebook and WeChat, as a means for consumers to interact with brands. Why the Hype on Chatbots? What is a Chatbot?Ī Chatbot is a short program that mimics conversations with people using artificial intelligence techniques such as Natural Learning Processing (NLP), image and video processing, and audio analysis. Leading the way in this new wave of AI-disruption is the Chatbot. Since then AI has seen many ups and downs, its own crest and own trough. The Turing test – designed to examine a machine’s ability to exhibit intelligent behaviour indistinguishable from that of a human, popularized this research. Developing machines that can think like humans has been the goal of the artificial intelligence since its inception in mid-1950’s. If you don’t know exactly what you are looking for, you can type in some relevant keywords and it shows you millions (if not billions) of search results, even before you can bat an eyelid! Chatbots or Search Engines?īut, all this is set to change with the extreme demand for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and intelligent computing. Jump to 2017 – the search engine brigade lead by Google and some startups like Duck-Duck-go (I personally prefer this), has ensured that search becomes less cumbersome to the user. Also, until and unless you type in the exact keywords that you were looking for, chances are you might not ever be able to find the right website.

During that time, the world was less exposed to the world wide web, and thus, a lesser number of search results came out. The way we search online has evolved a lot since the commercial launch of the search engine in the 1990’s. Communication Platform As A Service (CPaaS).

Bot search engine