Natural Evolution: From chatbots to fully A.I integrated applications

It is no secret that chatbots are not a new technology, but the recent interest in chatbots is playing one very important role in the evolution of Artificial Intelligence, they are helping A.I become publicly accessible and accepted. Even with all the technological advances we have seen over the last few years, there is still a fairly large disconnect between technology and the general public and businesses, particularly true in the case of A.I. A.I has been for a number of years, a taboo subject, an issue that I have had to face and tackle in my personal and business life. Through valid warnings about loss of jobs through automation, warnings from Elon Musk & Stephen Hawking, and thanks to films like the Terminator, the Matrix and iRobot, A.I has not had a very good start, with most of the world fearing the advancements of this life changing technology. Through chatbots, the world has seemed to take a step back from these fears and begun to accept that A.I is part of our lives now. Although they have been using A.I in their everyday life for many years on platforms such as Facebook and Google, they haven't seemed to really be aware of it, or turned a blind eye to it.