We humans are narcissistic. We create in our own image, project human qualities on animals and inanimate objects, and fall head-over-heels with the ones that best reflect our humanity back to ourselves. From the classical tale of Pygmalion, a sculptor who falls in love with a statue, to the futurist film Ex Machina where an intelligent robot successfully tricks an entire … [Read more...] about How Realistic Chatbots Dupe Humans
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5 Ways Humanitarian Bots Can Save The World
Fifteen year old Sarafina, a female student in the capital city of Liberia, had a distressing problem at school: Her math teacher refused to give her a report card unless she had sex with him. Every day at school, he would request sexual favors and touch her inappropriately. Embarrassed, Sarafina kept the issue hidden from everyone, even her parents, until her … [Read more...] about 5 Ways Humanitarian Bots Can Save The World
Conversational Bots Transform How You Learn Languages
Language enables us to understand a message, articulate a plan, and get things done. We need our words to order espresso from the corner cafe, cheer up a friend who’s having a bad day, and quip back against a colleague’s snarky comments. But we can do all of that only if we speak the same language as the person we are communicating with. Otherwise, far worse things … [Read more...] about Conversational Bots Transform How You Learn Languages
7 Growth Strategies of Successful Chatbots
Chatbots have captivated the tech world. Facebook, Google, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, and IBM all heavily invest in conversational platforms. Thousands of developers, businesses, and brands build bots to engage users, but one fact is clear: Building bots is easy. Engaging users is not. According to Botanalytics, 40% of a bot’s users disengage after one interaction. With … [Read more...] about 7 Growth Strategies of Successful Chatbots
50 Innovative Ways Brands Use Chatbots
Chatbots & messaging are the future of marketing. MIT’s ELIZA pioneered the revolution in the 1960s and Siri took the trend mainstream in 2011. Now chatbots are used by brands in every industry to go beyond passive advertisements and engage customers with interactive conversations. What are chatbots, exactly? A chatbot is a conversational computer program that customers … [Read more...] about 50 Innovative Ways Brands Use Chatbots
Bot Discovery & Virality Lessons From Kik CEO Ted Livingston
We recently caught up with Ted Livingston, CEO of Kik, at the Talkabot Conference in Austin, TX and got his key lessons for bot discovery and virality. Kik started working on bots two years before they suddenly became cool in 2016. The platform is the first to pioneer many social bot discovery and virality features for bot developers that don't exist on any other messaging … [Read more...] about Bot Discovery & Virality Lessons From Kik CEO Ted Livingston
The Art Of Conversational Luxury
Conversational commerce is the buzz word du jour of Silicon Valley, Madison Avenue, and Wall Street, but the concept is as ancient as mankind. We have traded with each other since Homo Sapiens emerged as a species approximately 200,000 years ago. My harvest for your game. My loyalty for your protection. How were these exchanges conducted? By conversation. While spoken … [Read more...] about The Art Of Conversational Luxury