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 <h2><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Introduction</strong></span></h2>
 <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Chatbots are &ldquo;computer programs which conduct conversation through auditory or textual methods&rdquo;. Apple&rsquo;s <a href="https://www.apple.com/ios/siri/" target="_blank">Siri</a>, Microsoft&rsquo;s <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/cortana" target="_blank">Cortana</a>, <a href="https://assistant.google.com/" target="_blank">Google Assistant</a>, and Amazon&rsquo;s <a href="https://developer.amazon.com/alexa" target="_blank">Alexa</a> are four of the most popular conversational agents today. They can help you get directions, check the scores of sports games, call people in your address book, and can <a href="https://qz.com/880541/amazons-amzn-alexa-accidentally-ordered-a-ton-of-dollhouses-across-san-diego/" target="_blank">accidently make you order a $170 dollhouse</a>.</p>
 <p>These products all have auditory interfaces where the agent converses with you through audio messages. In this post, we&rsquo;ll be looking more at chatbots that operate solely on the textual front. Facebook has been <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2017/04/18/facebook-bot-discovery/" target="_blank">heavily investing</a> in FB Messenger bots, which allow small businesses and organizations to create bots to help with customer support and frequently asked questions. Chatbots have been around for a decent amount of time (Siri released in 2011), but only recently has deep learning been the go-to approach to the task of creating realistic and effective chatbot interaction.</p>