The GUI standard encouraged the intuitive handling of software products, but the flood of information is growing. Everyone wants help with searching for and finding things. There is a real customer demand for a conversational interface. And that is exactly what a bot is. Bots understand natural language, they carry out tasks for their conversational partners, and they have a face.
Some bots are only chatterbots.
People can chat with them. Sometimes they get muddled up. They often tell jokes. The best ones compete for the coveted Loebner Prize in New York. Copyright 2001 INT Media Group, Incorporated All Rights Reserved.