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ARTIFICIAL CONVERSATIONAL ENTITY [1 record]

Record 1 2024-10-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Programs and Programming
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Collaboration with WIPO
CONT

Chatbots are typically designed to perform specific tasks or provide information to users. ... A chatbot is a type of CA [conversational agent], but not all CAs are chatbots. "CA" is a broader term that encompasses any type of computer program or system that can engage in natural language interactions with users ...

OBS

chatbot; chat bot; chatterbot; artificial conversational entity; ACE; chatter robot: designations validated by Canadian subject-field experts from Concordia University, Dalhousie University, Laval University and Microsoft Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)
  • Intelligence artificielle
  • Collaboration avec l'OMPI
CONT

Un [...] robot conversationnel [...] est un type spécifique d'agent conversationnel [...] généralement [conçu] pour effectuer des tâches spécifiques ou répondre à des questions prédéfinies.

OBS

robot conversationnel : désignation validée par des spécialistes canadiens de l'Université Concordia, de l'Université Dalhousie, de l'Université Laval et de Microsoft Canada.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Programas y programación (Informática)
  • Inteligencia artificial
  • Colaboración con la OMPI
CONT

Robots conversacionales: interactividad en su máxima expresión. Los robots, susceptibles de ser programados con distintas personalidades y conocimientos, se ponen al servicio de las compañías para sustituir formas más "rudimentarias" de acceso a la información y brindar a los usuarios respuestas a sus necesidades puntuales sobre un tema concreto.

CONT

Un bot conversacional es un software que puede imitar una conversación con una persona utilizando un lenguaje natural.

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