chatbot

See also: Chatbot

English

Etymology

chat +‎ -bot, from earlier chatterbot.

Pronunciation

• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈtʃætbɑt/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

chatbot (plural chatbots)

1. (Internet, artificial intelligence) A computer program that holds conversations through a chat room.

   The chatbot was quite simple yet informative.

   • 2000, Handbook on Electronic Commerce‎^[1], Springer, →ISBN, page 59:

     To deal with a large number of typical queries, “chatbots” technology should be considered. A chatbot can be defined as an intelligent evolution of email. The chatbot categorizes messages on the fly and provides answers to questions accordingly. As such, it can be used as a customer support tool.

   • 2012, Brian Christian, The Most Human Human […] , Anchor Books, →ISBN, page 29:

     Wolfram Alpha researcher and chatbot author Robert Lockhart describes the chatbot community as being split between two competing approaches, what he calls “pure semantics” and “pure empiricism.”

   • 2015, John Markoff, Machines of Loving Grace […] , New York: Ecco Press, →ISBN, page 221:

     Chatbot technology, of course, dates back to Weizenbaum’s early experiments with his Eliza program.

   • 2023 January 16, Kalley Huang, “Alarmed by A.I. Chatbots, Universities Start Revamping How They Teach”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN:

     Mr. Aumann confronted his student over whether he had written the essay himself. The student confessed to using ChatGPT, a chatbot that delivers information, explains concepts and generates ideas in simple sentences — and, in this case, had written the paper.

Translations

program that holds conversations

• Catalan: bot conversacional m
• Dutch: chatbot m
• Finnish: keskustelubotti
• French: chatbot (fr) f, dialogueur (fr) m
• Georgian: სასაუბრო ბოტი (sasaubro boṭi), ჩატბოტი (čaṭboṭi)
• German: Chatbot (de) m
• Hungarian: csevegőrobot (hu)
• Irish: róbat comhrá m
• Maori: karekōrero
• Russian: чат-бо́т (ru) m (čat-bót)
• Spanish: bot conversacional m, chatbot m
• Swedish: chattrobot (sv) c, dialogrobot c
• Ukrainian: чат-бо́т m (čat-bót)

See also

• infobot

Dutch

Etymology

From English chatbot, equivalent to chatten +‎ bot.

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Noun

chatbot m (plural chatbots or chatbotten, diminutive chatbotje n)

1. chatbot

Related terms

• chatten
• robot, bot
• voicebot

Spanish

Noun

chatbot m (plural chatbots)

1. chatbot