Название: The Book of Chatbots: From ELIZA to ChatGPTАвтор: Robert Ciesla
Издательство: Springer
Год: 2024
Страниц: 167
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf (true), epub (true), mobi
Размер: 10.1 MB
Primitive software chatbots emerged in the 1960s, evolving swiftly through the decades and becoming able to provide engaging human-to-computer interactions sometime in the 1990s. Today, conversational technology is ubiquitous in many homes. Paired with web-searching abilities and neural networking, modern chatbots are capable of many tasks and are a major driving force behind Machine Learning and the quest for strong Artificial Intelligence, also known as Artificial General Intelligence (AGI).
Sophisticated Artificial Intelligence is changing the online world as advanced software chatbots can provide customer service, research duties, and assist in healthcare. Modern chatbots have indeed numerous applications ― including those of a malicious nature. They can write our essays, conduct autonomous scams, and potentially influence politics.
The Book of Chatbots is both a retrospective and a review of current Artificial Intelligence-driven conversational solutions. It explores their appeal to businesses and individuals as well as their greater social aspects, including the impact on academia. The book explains all relevant concepts for readers with no previous knowledge in these topics. Unearthing the secrets of virtual assistants such as the (in)famous ChatGPT and many other exciting technologies, The Book of Chatbots is meant for anyone interested in the topic, laypeople and IT-enthusiasts alike.
We’ll begin our journey into the world of chatbots with some pertinent historical developments in the field. For one, we’ll review some of the monumental work of Alan Turing OBE FRS (1912–1954). Turing put many foundations of today’s digital technology in place.
Chapter 2 will have us exploring the most important concepts behind AI. We’ll also take a solid gander at things like the internet of things (IoT), the now-ubiquitous network consisting of smart-home appliances like phones, cameras, and even some refrigerators. In addition, the second chapter explains the basics of linguistics and how an AI processes human languages.
Chapter 3 is all about a trio of historical chatbots: ELIZA, PARRY, and Jabberwacky. While primitive by today’s standards, these three programs represent important stepping stones in chatbot development.
In Chap. 4 we’ll get acquainted with modern chatbots, including OpenAI’s mighty ChatGPT and Google’s Bard. A number of chatbots for productivity-related tasks have also been released in recent years, so we’ll also explore how these tools can be used for helping us in our daily lives.
The focus of Chap. 5 is medical chatbots. We’ll go through the main ways they assist in medicine in numerous ways, ranging from appointment scheduling to emotional support.
Chapter 6 takes us to the busy world of chatbots in eCommerce, where they are fast becoming a must-have for businesses of any size. We’ll go through some basics of how AI is being leveraged in marketing and customer service.
While AI is generally a force for productive purposes, it has a destructive side; this will be the topic of discussion in Chap. 7. We’ll go through the more seedy uses of chatbots and AI in this chapter, examining things like AI-powered plagiarism (i.e. aigiarism), malware, and deepfakes (i.e. realistic faked videos).
Chapter 8 is all about Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), also known as strong AI. This refers to an as-of-yet theoretical type of autonomously functioning artificial entities capable of passing as human beings. AGI represents the apex of AI development, but it also introduces many ethical challenges. We’ll review some of the most important academic papers in this field in this last chapter.
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