Slack Co-Founder on How Artificial Intelligence Could Eliminate the Need to Check Your Email Ever Again

In Slack's vision of the future, it will be totally unnecessary to try to get your inbox to zero every day. In fact, it will be unnecessary to read most of your emails. The communication software company lets teams chat in real time and share files. Earlier this year, Slack introduced the Slackbot, a chatbot meant to help users navigate the app more easily. Ask the bot a straightforward question about how to use Slack ("How do I edit a message I've posted?") and it will deliver the answer.