Got Bots? 1: Intro to Bots & Ethical Bot Creation
Tags: beginners, codenewbie, webdev, showdev
Published: 2021-07-08 21:24:15

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title: Got Bots? 1: Intro to Bots & Ethical Bot Creation
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description: In part 1 of this series, I chat about the history of bots, ethical bot creation, we chat with a special guest- and more!
tags: beginners, codenewbie, webdev, showdev
series: "Got Bots?"
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Thanks to everyone who joined me live for our 1st episode of [Got Bots? with the Microsoft Reactor](aka.ms/gotbots)- it was so much fun to chat with y'all, share bot knowledge, and swap stories of the early days of AOL bots. 🤖

If you missed the fun live, don't worry- you can watch the replay [here](https://youtu.be/egozxtthkV4), and in the embedded video below!

{% youtube egozxtthkV4 %}

**On this episode we cover:**

-  [5:35](https://youtu.be/egozxtthkV4?t=330) How I got started with bots (the birth of [Shania Bot](https://twitter.com/bot_shania) 🤠🎶)

-  [9:26](https://youtu.be/egozxtthkV4?t=569) Special guest, and co-creator of the Diva Bots [Pj Metz](https://twitter.com/MetzinAround) joins the show! We chat about [Azure Logic Apps](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/modules/intro-to-logic-apps/?WT.mc_id=academic-33451-chcondon)

-  [14:35](https://youtu.be/egozxtthkV4?t=875) We touch briefly on [Azure QnA maker](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/modules/build-faq-chatbot-qna-maker-azure-bot-service/?WT.mc_id=academic-33451-chcondon), as well as my [Wine Bot](https://dev.to/azure/wine-not-build-a-bot-32fk) post on Dev.to 🍷

-  [17:15](https://youtu.be/egozxtthkV4?t=1035) Pj and I chat about [Shania Bot](https://twitter.com/bot_shania), [BotianaGrande](https://twitter.com/BotianaGrande), [Mechanical Carey](https://twitter.com/MechanicalCarey), [JustBotPaid](https://twitter.com/JustBotPaid), [Britney Bot](https://twitter.com/itsbritneybott), and more of our favs! 🎶

-  [24:21](https://youtu.be/egozxtthkV4?t=1461) We throw it back to the OG bot: [SmarterChild](https://www.vice.com/en/article/jpgpey/a-history-of-smarterchild)!

- [29:00](https://youtu.be/egozxtthkV4?t=1740) I mention my pal [Ben Parr](https://twitter.com/benparr) and his company [Octane AI](https://www.octaneai.com/)

- [29:40](https://youtu.be/egozxtthkV4?t=1780) Virtual [Tinkerbell](https://www.instagram.com/p/CN5olSVplT4/) meet & greet?! 🧚🏼😱

- [36:00](https://youtu.be/egozxtthkV4?t=2160) I mention The Bot Father himself, @jaydestro! [Check out our episode](https://dev.to/azure/azurefunbytes-episode-47-azure-logic-apps-with-chloecondon-511) where we chat all about Azure Logic Apps and build THE Bot Father!

- [41:06](https://youtu.be/egozxtthkV4?t=2466) A personal story about ethical bot creation (and shirt bots- ugh 😒😒😒)

*Did you have fun? Check out [Got Bots? 2: Making Bots with Logic Apps](https://dev.to/azure/got-bots-2-making-bots-with-azure-logic-apps-47nm) where I take your questions and spin up some fun bots with [Azure Logic Apps](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/modules/intro-to-logic-apps/?WT.mc_id=academic-33451-chcondon)- see ya then, and happy botting!*