This document discusses the development of multiplatform bots and introduces some of the key tools used in bot development. It notes that bots can now be integrated into many messaging platforms like Skype, Facebook Messenger, and Slack. The document then discusses technologies like neural networks and artificial intelligence that power bots, as well as tools from Microsoft like the Bot Framework and Cognitive Services that make bot development accessible. It concludes by noting that bots allow for natural language interactions over web apps and that the Bot Framework allows for code to be reused across different channels.

1. There is a bot for that 10 marzo
2016
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A brief introduction to the development of a multiplatform bot
Mirko Bellabarba - Elfo
@mirkobellabarba

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3. The smarthphone revolution
Jan 9 2007 Jul 10, 2008
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4. Do you remember?
Do you remember the old Apple commercial back in 2009?
«There’s an app for that»
Well… Times may have changed…
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5. Are bots the next industrial revolution? 5/20

6. Are bots the next industrial revolution? 5/20

7. Who already supports bots… so far
Skype Facebook Messenger Telegram Messenger
Slack
iMessage Google Allo
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8. Some real examples… 7/20

9. Not only bots…
Siri
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10. Bots everywhere
In order to interact with a bot you only need
an internet connection, and a simple UI with
some textbox
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«A computer would deserve to be called intelligent if it
could deceive a human into believing that it was human»
Alan Turing
The artificial intelligence

12. Tecnlogies behind bots/virtual assistant
Neural networks
Artificial intelligence
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13. Is it difficult?
Quick answer? No!
But only if we use the right tools
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14. Tell me about these tools
Microsoft Bot Framework
Microsoft Cognitive Services
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15. Tell me about these tools 14/20

16. We just need 5 steps 15/20

17. Let’s start
DEMO
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18. Recap
The Bot framework allows us to write a single code-base and upload our
bot almost everywhere (Chats, Mail, Websites, Apps, SMS)
Services like LUIS allows bots to understand natural language…
interpretate images or emotions… and so on…
Bots are simple web app… once you undestand the intent, the possibilities
are endless
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19. Recap
There is an app for thatThere is a bot for that
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20. Thank you!
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21. QA Time(only simple questions please, otherwise ask the bot 😜)
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