Slides from a talk I gave on chatbots to London Web Standards meetup on 18/04/16 http://londonwebstandards.org/

1. DEPLOYING
YOUR FIRST CHATBOT
Josh Somma
@joshsomma

2. Why have Chatbots gotten so big
all of a sudden?
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3. Deploying your first chatbot @JoshSomma
Why have Chatbots gotten so big all
of a sudden?

4. BIG
DATA
MACHINE
LEARNING
BETTER
CHATBOTS
The maths…
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5. Source: https://medium.com/intercom-inside/the-end-of-app-stores-dd379e754033#.4941x6vbk
Top 10 Apps – Globally
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1. Facebook
2. WhatsApp
3. Messenger
10. Twitter
6. Viber
7. Kakao Talk
4. Instagram 9. We Chat
8. Clash of Clans
5. Line

6. 微信
(Weixin - WeChat)
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The case of WeChat –
“Chat as platform”
has been proven as
a business model

7. ChatOps
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8. Deploying your first chatbot @JoshSomma
SO YOU WANT TO
BUILD A BOT…

9. OPTION 1: Make a Fauxbot
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10. OPTION 2: build a bot
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SDKs available in a variety of languages
Step 1
Develop the bot, application and server
Step 2

11. OPTION 3: Develop a bot using…
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AIML
&
AlaaS

12. What is AIML?
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A.rtificial
I.ntelligence
M.arkup
L.anguage

13. AIML Categories
<category>
<pattern>WHAT IS YOUR NAME</pattern>
<template>My name is John.</template>
</category>
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<template>
What the bot replies
<pattern>
Matches what the user says

14. AIML Context
<that/>&<topic>
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<category>
<pattern>
* SMART PHONE *
</pattern>
<template>
Do you have a smartphone?
</template>
</category>
<category>
<pattern>YES</pattern>
<that>DO YOU HAVE A
SMARTPHONE</that>
<template>Do you have Apple or
Android?
</template>
</category>

15. AIML Learning
<learn/>&<learnf>
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<category>
<pattern>THE SKY IS BLUE</pattern>
<template>I will remember that the sky is blue
<learn>
<category>
<pattern>WHAT COLOUR IS THE SKY</pattern>
<template>The sky is blue</template>
</category>
</learn>
</template>
</category>
<category>
<pattern>THE SKY IS BLUE</pattern>
<template>I will remember that the sky is blue
<learnf>
<category>
<pattern>WHAT COLOUR IS THE SKY</pattern>
<template>The sky is blue</template>
</category>
</learnf>
</template>
</category>

16. Pandorabots Playground
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