What’s with all the chatter about Facebook chatbots?
Overnight, Facebook announced the launch of bots for Messenger – a service that may just redefine how brands communicate. George Pappas talks us through the opportunities.
Ah, chatbots. We meet again. Chatbots, short for chatter robots or chatter bots, have been discussed, trialled and launched on various online platforms since the internet’s inception.
In fact, computing intelligence was first discussed by Alan Turing in 1950, developing a criterion of intelligence dependant on the ability of a computer or program to impersonate a human in a real-time conversation.
The term ChatterBot, though, was originally coined by Michael Mauldin in 1994.
“Facebook is desperate to keep users within its ecosystem for as long as possible.”
Exactly why so many of choose not to use it.
Join us, friends. Reclaim your privacy. It’s so nice out here away from all the spam, baby photos and fake online personas.
Got to say, Jen, I agree. Just the past few weeks I’ve noticed an increase in targeted posts on Facebook and Twitter and I’m wearying of it. Yep, I’m on the verge of quitting it.
Sorry Jen, privacy hasn’t existed for decades.