What are Chatbots and How can one make them without knowledge of AI.

What are Chatbots?

Chat bots are computer programs that mimic conversation with people using artificial intelligence. They can transform the way you interact with the internet from a series of self-initiated tasks to a quasi-conversation.

The Kik Bot Store is launching with 16 bots, including the Weather Channel, H&M, Vine and Funny or Die. But the open platform will allow developers to add their own, as long as they comply with Kik’s teen-centric standards (no porn allowed), so expect more soon.

Without a chat bot, a user might direct his browser to weather.com, then type in their zip code to get the forecast. With the Kik’s Weather Channel bot, a user can send a chat asking for “Current Conditions” or a “3-Day Forecast” and the bot will reply with your answer.

How Chatbots Work

There are two types of chatbots, one functions based on a set of rules, and the other more advanced version uses machine learning.

Chatbot that functions based on rules:

This bot is very very limited. It can only respond to very specific commands. If you say the wrong thing, it doesn’t know what you mean.
This bot is only as smart as it is programmed to be.

Chatbot that functions using machine learning:

This bot has an artificial brain AKA artificial intelligence. You don’t have to be ridiculously specific when you are talking to it. It understands language, not just commands.
This bot continuously gets smarter as it learns from conversations it has with people.

Bots are created with a purpose. A store will likely want to create a bot that helps you purchase something, where someone like Comcast might create a bot that can answer customer support questions.

Artificial Intelligence

So, if these bots use artificial intelligence to make them work well… isn’t that really hard to do? Don’t I need to be an expert at artificial intelligence to be able to build something that has artificial intelligence?

Short answer? No, you don’t have to be an expert at artificial intelligence to create an awesome chat bot that has artificial intelligence. Just make sure to not over promise on your application’s abilities. If you can’t make the product good with artificial intelligence right now, it might be best to not put it in yet.

The model for the intelligent chatbot?

A chatbot based on the retrieval-based model works on the concept of predefined responses. The chatbot picks appropriate responses from the repository stacked which is based on the context and query raised by the user. Generative models built using machine translation techniques come with the ability to generate new responses right from the word go. Generative models enable longer conversations where the chatbot deals with several user queries. Though deep learning techniques are leveraged for building both these models, generative models seem to draw more power than its counterpart.

By: Gourav Kumar

THE PURSUIT OF PASSION

Dear Readers,

 Have you ever contemplated, what will you doing when you come out of your education? Have you ever thought about what your passion for life is? Or have you sacrificed your innate desire for want of a more “settled” life ahead because you have responsibilities of your family on your shoulders? Whatever the case may be, a cursory look into the most successful people in the world tells us that no one can do wonders unless he is passionate about what he is doing. Now in this Blog we are going to talk about Why, What and How to Pursue your passion.

Why To Pursue Your Passion?

“Don’t worry about what the world needs.  Ask what makes you come alive and do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” ~Howard Thurman

If the quote above isn’t enough we are going to tell you here why you should pursue your desired passion,

Working for money may seem to be a good enough reason for someone to keep their career but it doesn’t come anywhere near to working for Happiness.

By following your passion, you can always relate to what you are doing and come up with better ideas every day.

You can escape the endless cycle of misery because nothing would feel like as if it is forced upon you.

When you really enjoy what you do, no obstacle will stop you from achieving success.

Last but not the least, you are going to invest a large portion of your lives into your jobs and careers, maybe do something that gives you contentment as well.


What To Do Pursue Your Passion?

Now after deciding Why, the next step is What to do to pursue your passion.

Do your complete homework. Be informed about the current market condition of employment, organizations, and typical path to employment in the field of your respective field of passion.

Before kissing goodbye to your current “comfort zone”, make sure to network yourself well in the field of your interest. Assemble a robust professional network beforehand.

Gather thorough knowledge about your field of interest.

If you don’t want to go into the realm of insanity frankly, keep a contingency plan ready.

How To Pursue Your Passion.

In this section, we’ll focus on how to convert above points into reality.

With all the knowledge you have gathered and homework you have done, chalk out a rough blueprint.

Internships can be a great opportunity to attain real life experience in the field of your interest. And for those of you who belong to CS/IT, we are currently providing internships in various fields, for more information click on the following link- https://goo.gl/HhZv4t.

Create a circle of people who share your passion for constant motivation and improvements.

Start meeting people, attending events, reading blogs and subscribe to industry publications early.

Be Patient, success doesn’t come straightaway you have to toil hard and consistently for results to be visible.

There will come the lowest points during the entire exercise. Ultimately how you handle these moments will ultimately determine your success.

Lastly, appreciate that you are getting a chance to live your dream that million others don’t. Make a steely resolve and overcome every obstacle that might come your way.

Hope you had a fruitful reading session. Will catch you soon.

-Avanish Pandey
Team Internity

Time - key to success

We appreciate you for the "Time" you are going to spend on reading this blog. This blog is all about why we are focusing on this word is because how you will be successful.

We guess most of you want to be successful and you must be knowing what its like to be touching the failures in life. This blog is not going to discuss what exactly is the definition of time, but it’s more of a concern that ‘are we utilizing it the way we should’, are we hearing a “no”? We just heard you whispering a “no”. We at Internity believe that time is the most important factor for being a person of success. We believe in time management and we want you to believe the same, because if you move along with us putting a management of time as the tool for your daily working areas, you will definitely get into the doors of your vision. We are putting this blog to get an idea how we work at Internity to create a personality which can conquer the competitive world living aside.

Let’s focus on the deal we have, Time. Let’s go through a live example we dealt with, there was a person in our team who has skills, passion to thrive, can conquer the world, carry out his vision but he was lacking behind all these just because he forgot the most important factor, time. We were giving him the tasks, deadlines but he chose to do it late just because he was never managing those things in a way they should. What made him realize this when he got failed to carry out a campaign he was assigned to. He then realized that If I would have maintained my timeline of my tasks I do in my daily life, this might not have happened. And yes, he was right, you don’t have to spend a penny for this, you just have to go through the needs you have, the workloads you can manage, the bottlenecks that’s coming around, once you list them all, you will find a clear timeline for all the task that you carry out.

“Practice makes a man perfect”, the saying exists and works best for the purpose, once you start
practicing to be on the timeline you decided, even you yourself cannot let you to see backward in life,
that’s our bet on you. We recently started hiring interns and we are getting great responses from people around and we promise you to serve the best ever guidance which can lead you to an amazing future but what we need from you is a promise to practice the time management, if you make that happen, we’ll make sure that nothing comes as a hurdle in your life.

Hope you had a happy reading experience, will catch you soon.

-Swapnil Kumar

The Hidden Gaps

They : You entered in College with a lot of dreams. How many of them are achieved ?

Me : I didn't get proper guidance to achieve them

They : You did very good in studies but still not able to implement what you learnt in theory, why ?

Me : I didn't have proper resources and coaching to implement them in practical

They : You are a good coder but what are you doing in a company that doesn't have work, worth your skills

Me : I had very less opportunities and i had to secure a job for my family as soon as possible.

They : Ohh, so you want your own name as founder of a millionaire dollar company. Pretty cool, how far have you come to reach your goal ?

Me : I am trying but i don't know how to do it, from where to start.

Relative, right !!

Each one of us have gone through these questions and the answers are more or less, the same. They are nothing but the "hidden gaps" which never let you complete your success journey and this blog is going to throw some light on these gaps.

The moment you think of an idea and start its execution, you fear of "from where the money will come ?" i.e. the gap of resources, "what will be my parents' reaction when i will tell them ?" i.e. the gap of resisting changes, "i have my studies/work to do, how will i be able to give time ?" i.e. the gap of time management, "what should be my approach to this ?" i.e. the gap of guidance, "how will i manage my team, i have no experience" creates a gap of leadership and you leave the execution in the middle.

Yes, you already knew all this, then how can they be called as hidden gaps ?

They resist you from achieving your success which makes them gaps and you never get a solution to remove them and always avoid, makes them hidden reasons.

Bravo!! Now we are a step ahead, we know the hidden gaps. It’s time to fill them. HOW ?

We call it "The Honest Commitment" theory.

When we start a task, we give a commitment with a "Yes I will do it" to ourselves and then any question which comes in our way, we have a answer for it.

You think of an idea, you start with a commitment that no matter what, i'll do it in. The money problem, i'll solve it using my skills to communicate with them who has money and show them how they will get a huge revenue from my idea and i’ll find a way to approach them as i am committed to my idea. Telling parents, be honest and tell them, ask for a time and show them that you are committed to achieve your goal, you will move forward with their blessings. Time management, that is the piece of cake for you when you are committed as you know the priorities of tasks at different times. Team management, once you are committed, you will make your team committed with love and integrity.

And, any other obstacle comes, you will have a answer and the ultimate success.

Share your views regarding the hidden gaps, you faced and the solutions you found :)