Chatbots are not new, but a technology that most of us have probably read about, possibly used, yet do not truly understand simply due to the lack of both everyday and prolonged exposure.
For months leading up to last Friday, I had bookmarked chatbot specific publications (such as Chatbots Magazine), liked Facebook posts about chatbots, and even upvoted some on Product Hunt.
I wanted to change my understanding of chatbots and challenged myself to learn as much as I could over the weekend. I had determined it was time to really understand chatbots through mastering the fundamentals and building my own.