Conversational Intelligence LBBOnline

INFLUENCER: "Conversational artificial intelligence is alive and well," says Paul Slattery, Technical Director at AKQA Berlin One of the most natural things for humans to do – engage in a simple conversation – has been one of the hardest things for machines to master. Yet a new era has started where we might chat with machines more often than we do with each other – as conversation becomes the most effective interface for getting things done. Conversational AI (Artificial Intelligence) is alive and well in applications like Telegram, which passed 100 million active monthly users earlier this year. Facebook has re-launched Messenger as a platform with built in AI; x.ai has spent the last two years teaching'Amy', its calendar AI, how to handle meeting schedules via email; and a 19-year-old has created DoNotPay, a free chatbot AI lawyer that has appealed 3 million in parking tickets. Let's have a look at how these intelligent systems work, the advantages they present to us and where we might be heading.