Chatbots will do more than just chatting

Chatbots can be found on websites, messaging apps, and other platforms, and are used to provide information, answer questions, and perform tasks such as booking tickets or making reservations

Chatbots are not new. “The concept of chatbots, or computer programs designed to simulate conversation with human users, has a long history dating back to the 1950s. Early chatbots were developed as a way to test natural language processing and artificial intelligence technologies. One of the first chatbots was ELIZA, which was created in the 1960s by computer scientist Joseph Weizenbaum. ELIZA was designed to mimic the language patterns of a psychotherapist and could carry on simple conversations with users by responding to keywords and phrases.”

The sentences within quotes above were answered by ChatGPT, the pioneering new chatbot created