{"id":530,"date":"2018-04-26T12:39:30","date_gmt":"2018-04-26T07:09:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.3mindsdigital.com\/blog\/?p=530"},"modified":"2020-06-30T13:26:45","modified_gmt":"2020-06-30T07:56:45","slug":"the-rise-of-chatbots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.3mindsdigital.com\/blog\/the-rise-of-chatbots\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rise of the Chatbots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A chatbot is a software that conducts a conversation via auditory or textual methods. It either identifies certain words and responds with the answers recorded and stored for those particular keywords &#8211; \u00a0or are programmed to formulate their own answer by learning over time through the string of words fed to it via the conversation!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-531 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.3mindsdigital.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/chat-logo-with-robot-face-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"chatbot\" width=\"242\" height=\"190\" \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The work on the evolution of Artificial Intelligence is in full swing, and with the demand for more intuitive Chatbots, a mass of developers have started trying their hand at creating the perfect \u2018product\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The introduction of popular chatbots like Siri, Google Assistant, Cortana, Alexa, <strong><a title=\"Engagely\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engagely.ai\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Engagely, <\/a><\/strong>and Bixby into a person\u2019s everyday life has changed the way people use their electronic devices. Some people have become extremely reliant on the ease of using these chatbots offer. From calling a person from your contact list to playing the music of your choice to help schedule meetings, these bots do it all.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-532 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.3mindsdigital.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/messenger-app-to-chat-on-the-mobile-300x278.jpg\" alt=\"ai chatbot \" width=\"300\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.3mindsdigital.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/messenger-app-to-chat-on-the-mobile-300x278.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.3mindsdigital.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/messenger-app-to-chat-on-the-mobile.jpg 626w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They even have witty answers to questions one may ask for their amusement!<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Some other applications of Chatbots are as follows.<\/strong> <\/span><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To improve customer service.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To guide customers through an ecomm purchase.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To monitor and record a customer&#8217;s \/ employee\u2019s satisfaction.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To help book through travel services faster i.e. flights\/trains\/buses.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To enable easier booking at a restaurant for orders or takeaways.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To improve the response rates. Eg The Automated reply feature on Facebook.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With the sudden rise in the demand for personalized attention in customer care, the use of these chatbots has solved so many problems.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chatbots are programmed to be quite adept at collecting information about users while giving responses to the customer\u2019s inquiries. Some of the other uses are as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Providing assistance or access to information quickly and efficiently.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For entertainment purposes or as someone to converse with if you are lonely.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To improve conversational skills.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To get news feeds and reminders customized to your liking and schedule respectively. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-533 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.3mindsdigital.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/set-icons-of-hand-holding-smartphone-linear-icon_1010-695-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"chat bots \" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.3mindsdigital.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/set-icons-of-hand-holding-smartphone-linear-icon_1010-695-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.3mindsdigital.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/set-icons-of-hand-holding-smartphone-linear-icon_1010-695-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.3mindsdigital.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/set-icons-of-hand-holding-smartphone-linear-icon_1010-695.jpg 626w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.3mindsdigital.com\/development\">companies have incorporated chatbots into their website<\/a><\/strong>, online, or call services to answer simple doubts of the customers. The customer is only diverted to a real-life assistant if the problem cannot be solved by the chatbot. This saves a lot of time and is a more economically viable option for companies. <strong><a title=\"AI Chatbot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engagely.ai\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AI Chatbot<\/a><\/strong> also enables companies to offer a 24\/7 customer support service that eliminates the chance of human error and is customizable to the requirements of the company. These factors lead to better customer engagement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has been forecasted that about 83% of all customer interactions will be handled without a human by the year 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Will chatbots one day make the human customer care service obsolete? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A chatbot is a software that conducts a conversation via auditory or textual methods. It either identifies certain words and responds with the answers recorded and stored for those particular keywords &#8211; \u00a0or are programmed to formulate their own answer by learning over time through the string of words fed to it via the conversation! 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