Designing conversations for bots and AI
By now, most designers have either interacted with a chatbot or been asked to create one for a client. We obsess over the details once our bot has come into being. More than anything, we emphasize to ourselves — and to our clients — how hard we work to create a human-like experience. More often than not, we begin anthropomorphizing it after we’ve named the thing and started writing its script.
Chatbox UX: Crafting a Valuable Conversation
No one wants to build a bad chatbot, but if you’ve never designed one it’s easy to underestimate the effort involved, or assume technology is all it takes. UX Booth author Jennifer Leigh Brown explains how to plan and design a chatbot that delivers users value—and not just a lot of talk.