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The best chatbot apps to download
YASMINE JACOBS
WHEN we think artificial intelligence (AI), we think of the Terminator and SkyNet.
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But what if I told you that AI is all around us and we can use these tools to help us navigate this crazy game we call life.
First, what is a chatbot app? A chatbot app is a tool used to conversate with humans over the internet. It uses a variation of humanmimicking behaviour and is powered by NLP (natural language processing) and NLU (natural language understanding).
Their goal? NLU and NLP aim to make sense of concepts represented in unstructured data such as language. You get different types of chatbot apps, namely goal-oriented and purpose-oriented (P-O).
Goal-oriented vhatbots are openended whereas purposeoriented ones serve as a means to an end. So what apps can make your life a little easier? | IOL TECH
1 PRISMA
Fancy yourself as a modern-day Picasso? Prisma uses AI to transform photographs into works of art. It has been downloaded more than 120 million times.
2 DUOLINGO
Duolingo is one of the most popular language applications in the world. It teaches millions a host of new languages, words, and phrases.
Learning a new language is a lot more challenging when you can’t hear what is being spoken back to you, so Duolingo developed a chatbot app. unique chatbot AI companion, help it develop its personality, talk about your feelings or anything that’s on your mind, have fun, calm anxiety and grow together,” said Replika developers on Google Play Store.
3 REPLIKA
With Replika, you can create your personal AI companion and say just anything and everything that has been troubling you, making a vent session just a finger tap away.
“Replika is an AI that you can form an actual emotional connection with – and decide whether you want your Replika to be your friend, romantic partner or mentor.
“Create your own unique chatbot AI companion, help it develop its personality, talk about your feelings or anything that’s on your mind, have fun, calm anxiety and grow together,” said Replika developers on Google Play Store.
