Standalone chatbots will eventually be absorbed into broader software platforms
Bradford Cross · AI Startup Predictions // Bradford Cross - A fireside chat with Matt Turck (FirstMark's Data Driven) · Sep 28, 2017 · at 9:08
Bradford Cross, CEO of Merlon Intelligence, discusses his prediction that standalone chatbot applications will fail as independent products and instead become features of larger platforms.
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“What'll happen is they end up getting folded into systems that really meet the more basic human needs.”
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