The Age of Bots!

Anup Reghunathan
2 min readFeb 3, 2016

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Computer bots have existed for the last two decades. They were used for simple and repetitive tasks. Bots can crawl the web, they can do basic chat with users, they can fetch information like weather and stocks. Bots are also seen in a negative light for their use in launching DoS(Denial of Service) attacks on secure networks, spamming users as well as their role in viruses and worms.

With the advances in AI (artificial intelligence), bots are getting smarter and are able to perform more complex tasks. In the last few years, we have seen chat bots which can have intelligent conversations with the users, bots that can complete daily tasks like scheduling a meetings, bots that can book cabs and order dinner for you.

We believe bots are going to go mainstream in 2016 and revolutionize the way humans interact as well as conduct their business. You will see bots that can help accomplish everything in your life

Personal Assistant Bots that can wake you up, hail a cab, find restaurants, manage your calendar, find you a date or just about anything that you want to do.

Medical bots that can monitor your health, book you doctors appointments, get your medication delivered.

Family bots that can keep track of your family, keep your expenses under check, take care of your household needs like grocery shopping, getting household help.

Business bots that can automate your business workflows, customer acquisitions, analytics, manage your inventory.

Going forward, bots are going to be an integral part of our life. They are going to disrupt the way we live and conduct business. We are soon going to be in a world were we will not be able to differntiate interactions with humans from that with a bot. We invite you to join us in this amazing journey of AI.

Welcome to The Age of Bots!

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Anup Reghunathan

Entrepreneur, Co-founder, Tech Enthusiast, Hacker, Microsoft