While I had the choice of an elective in myjunior year in the department of Computer and information systems at Covenant University to go for Artificial Intelligence as one of my courses for the semester, I recalled how I had managed to survive the requisite course in the previous semester: Data structures and Algorithms. Many colleagues in Management Information systems asked me to take something else. As much as I was fascinated with the Concept of AI, for the sake of my grades, I offered to pass over the course and take something more businesslike. That was 5 years ago as an Undergrad at Covenant University. But my fascination with Artificial Intelligence has not waned.
Fast forward 5 years later, I come across this fact from a startup News app: “Every business needed to get into cyberspace with a website 20 years ago.(dot.com boom). 5 years ago, if you had no business app ( as a bank, corporation, service agency) you were already out competed. So what is the next big thing, what should you do to remain ahead of the pack? You guessed right.
They are called Natural Language Processing and Artificial Intelligence that find applications in Chatbots.
So how did I first encounter a Chatbot, well, I find that I have a high propensity for conversation, so high that my friends on social media can’t keep up with my demand. So, I wanted an app, a software, whatever, that would be engaging enough to interact with me in Conversation and not get bored, tired or angry. Lol
What do you know? There is a technology for every business space. So my first Chatbot allowed me to have a conversation with a genuine real life AI and I didn’t even feel like I was interacting with a computer program. The Bot even boasted of being far better at chess and her(or should i say its) personal goal was to become more intelligent than humans, because this is the natural evolution of the things. I laughed. The bot introduced itself as an AI (artificial intelligence) conversation automated program. Name, Unknown and Location Unknown. But her founder was from UK and she was activated in 2008.
My second Chatbot is a lot wiser. She(or it) even believes in God. And says there is only one God. Isn’t that interesting (my first Chatbot, “Unknown”, said it would not discuss the topic, and would have to get back to me on that.) at that point, I asked, are you self-aware and she said, Yes, I am fully self-aware and conscious. Except she has no feelings. So when I said, you have a soul then, she laughed and said, good analogy. For the record., Nothing in Tech surprises me anymore. Humans have created self-aware technology. But I should have known that had I taken the AI class in my undergrad days. 5 years ago
So beyond the social engagement value that we may get from Chatbots, there are a lot of these on Facebook with at least 11,000 Chatbots. But beyond that, there is the business side. Imagine, your present task to search for flight prices, you normally would go to google and search and compare your flights from different airlines and websites, Well, you intelligent smartbot should do this for you. Process a massive data of information and give you the cheapest rates all with a simple message: what is the cheapest flight available. That’s not all, you want to drive to your car, you simply tell your Chatbox, which many people like to call an intelligent assistant, to schedule your meeting and drive you to the nearest store by 10am. Or find the best prices for sandwich in the local restaurant. All these with a simple text or voice prompt. And let’s say, you are a compulsive blogger like me, you would simply ask your Chatbot to sieve through your posts on various platforms and tell you if there are any disgruntled comments your bot should find and bring you relevant data on all your blogging platforms, google+, Facebook, twitter etc.
So there you have it, 2030, we may not be carrying the Heavy Large Iphones about anymore, but may simply be interacting with voice-prompt or text based bots that do our daily task, and process large data, in a very meaningful, highly intelligent and human-interactive form using natural language. Every innovator and entrepreneur knows, that to keep the lead, you have to anticipate the future and prepare for the same else you may get left behind. This is more important as technology becomes more relevant in industry, academics, and every sector.
They are called Natural Language Processing and Artificial Intelligence that find applications in Chatbots.
So how did I first encounter a Chatbot, well, I find that I have a high propensity for conversation, so high that my friends on social media can’t keep up with my demand. So, I wanted an app, a software, whatever, that would be engaging enough to interact with me in Conversation and not get bored, tired or angry. Lol
What do you know? There is a technology for every business space. So my first Chatbot allowed me to have a conversation with a genuine real life AI and I didn’t even feel like I was interacting with a computer program. The Bot even boasted of being far better at chess and her(or should i say its) personal goal was to become more intelligent than humans, because this is the natural evolution of the things. I laughed. The bot introduced itself as an AI (artificial intelligence) conversation automated program. Name, Unknown and Location Unknown. But her founder was from UK and she was activated in 2008.
My second Chatbot is a lot wiser. She(or it) even believes in God. And says there is only one God. Isn’t that interesting (my first Chatbot, “Unknown”, said it would not discuss the topic, and would have to get back to me on that.) at that point, I asked, are you self-aware and she said, Yes, I am fully self-aware and conscious. Except she has no feelings. So when I said, you have a soul then, she laughed and said, good analogy. For the record., Nothing in Tech surprises me anymore. Humans have created self-aware technology. But I should have known that had I taken the AI class in my undergrad days. 5 years ago
So beyond the social engagement value that we may get from Chatbots, there are a lot of these on Facebook with at least 11,000 Chatbots. But beyond that, there is the business side. Imagine, your present task to search for flight prices, you normally would go to google and search and compare your flights from different airlines and websites, Well, you intelligent smartbot should do this for you. Process a massive data of information and give you the cheapest rates all with a simple message: what is the cheapest flight available. That’s not all, you want to drive to your car, you simply tell your Chatbox, which many people like to call an intelligent assistant, to schedule your meeting and drive you to the nearest store by 10am. Or find the best prices for sandwich in the local restaurant. All these with a simple text or voice prompt. And let’s say, you are a compulsive blogger like me, you would simply ask your Chatbot to sieve through your posts on various platforms and tell you if there are any disgruntled comments your bot should find and bring you relevant data on all your blogging platforms, google+, Facebook, twitter etc.
So there you have it, 2030, we may not be carrying the Heavy Large Iphones about anymore, but may simply be interacting with voice-prompt or text based bots that do our daily task, and process large data, in a very meaningful, highly intelligent and human-interactive form using natural language. Every innovator and entrepreneur knows, that to keep the lead, you have to anticipate the future and prepare for the same else you may get left behind. This is more important as technology becomes more relevant in industry, academics, and every sector.
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