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Bots are closer to a CLI than a GUI, that is the core issue with discovery.
I don't understand the discovery comment. I don't discover Bob the copier salesman. I decide I need a copier, search for copier retailers and then give Bob a call. Won't bots work the same way?
I'm writing a bot framework (code, not web service), and trying to generalize the process so the the developer can switch between different NLP providers with ease (to avoid lockin.. as much as possible atleast).
So, comparing to Witai atlast, is your NLP better? Is it more flexible somehow? etc, thoughts?
Bots are broken as a platform. No advertising, no payments system, developers have to pay for hosting, there's no discovery mechanism because the messengers don't have bot stores... Why would developers be interested?
Pretty sure you'll be able to insert adverts into what a bot says.
From an NLP standpoint, what is the comparison between this and other NLP products? Namely WitAi, etc? I'm writing a bot framework (code, not web service), and trying to generalize the process so the the developer can switch between different NLP providers with ease (to avoid lockin.. as much as possible atleast). So, comparing to Witai atlast, is your NLP better? Is it more flexible somehow? etc, thoughts?
This whole 'bot renaissance makes me think that somewhere 1000s of old IRC Channel admins are raising their hands in despair, and quickly shuffling through countless CD-Rs of old TCL and Perl code to see if they have something worth re-releasing. Granted, the natural language stuff is way better than it was, but the current bot platforms that are springing up everywhere are nothing more than a language parser and an…
My main concern is that this whole situation will not include only chat bots but it will also trigger a demand for crawling bots which could put a lot of stress on web sites. Then sites could adopt aggressive captcha schemes which will hammer usability and make the life of legitimate crawlers a lot more difficult. It’s a lose-lose situation , until the industry comes into its senses and realize this whole thing is a…
With that said, we have more cycles these days, better web servers, and inherently more traffic capacity than we did 10 years ago.
I have a feeling bot traffic will grow faster than our traffic-handling-tech, but regardless, i think this is just going to be the new standard. Especially since bot traffic could represent UX requirements for potential users.
Quite an interesting future we have though.
This whole 'bot renaissance makes me think that somewhere 1000s of old IRC Channel admins are raising their hands in despair, and quickly shuffling through countless CD-Rs of old TCL and Perl code to see if they have something worth re-releasing. Granted, the natural language stuff is way better than it was, but the current bot platforms that are springing up everywhere are nothing more than a language parser and an…
My main concern is that this whole situation will not include only chat bots but it will also trigger a demand for crawling bots which could put a lot of stress on web sites. Then sites could adopt aggressive captcha schemes which will hammer usability and make the life of legitimate crawlers a lot more difficult. It’s a lose-lose situation , until the industry comes into its senses and realize this whole thing is a…
But the problem is I dont understand not even today who would be interested to interact with a bot? And how is this service better than employing a programmer ? Some examples would be useful.