chatbot

See also: Chatbot

English

Alternative forms

• chat bot

Etymology

From chat +‎ -bot, from earlier chatterbot.

Pronunciation

• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈtʃætbɑt/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Noun

chatbot (plural chatbots)

1. (Internet, artificial intelligence) A computer program that holds conversations through a chat room.

   The chatbot was quite simple yet informative.

   • 2000, Handbook on Electronic Commerce‎^[1], Springer, →ISBN, page 59:

     To deal with a large number of typical queries, “chatbots” technology should be considered. A chatbot can be defined as an intelligent evolution of email. The chatbot categorizes messages on the fly and provides answers to questions accordingly. As such, it can be used as a customer support tool.

   • 2012, Brian Christian, The Most Human Human […] , Anchor Books, →ISBN, page 29:

     Wolfram Alpha researcher and chatbot author Robert Lockhart describes the chatbot community as being split between two competing approaches, what he calls “pure semantics” and “pure empiricism.”

   • 2015, John Markoff, Machines of Loving Grace […] , New York: Ecco Press, →ISBN, page 221:

     Chatbot technology, of course, dates back to Weizenbaum’s early experiments with his Eliza program.

   • 2023 January 16, Kalley Huang, “Alarmed by A.I. Chatbots, Universities Start Revamping How They Teach”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN:

     Mr. Aumann confronted his student over whether he had written the essay himself. The student confessed to using ChatGPT, a chatbot that delivers information, explains concepts and generates ideas in simple sentences — and, in this case, had written the paper.

Translations

program that holds conversations

• Catalan: bot conversacional m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 聊天機器人／聊天机器人 (liáotiānjīqìrén)

• Dutch: chatbot m
• Finnish: keskustelubotti
• French: chatbot (fr) f, dialogueur (fr) m
• Georgian: სასაუბრო ბოტი (sasaubro boṭi), ჩატბოტი (čaṭboṭi)
• German: Chatbot (de) m
• Hungarian: csevegőrobot (hu)
• Irish: róbat comhrá m
• Japanese: チャットボット (ja) (chattobotto)
• Korean: 챗봇 (ko) (chaetbot)
• Maori: karekōrero
• Russian: чат-бо́т (ru) m (čat-bót)
• Portuguese, chatbot m
• Spanish: bot conversacional m, chatbot m
• Swedish: chattrobot (sv) c, dialogrobot c
• Ukrainian: чат-бо́т m (čat-bót)

See also

• infobot

Dutch

Etymology

From English chatbot; equivalent to chatten +‎ bot.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

chatbot m (plural chatbots or chatbotten, diminutive chatbotje n)

1. chatbot

Related terms

• voicebot

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English chatbot.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃa.t͡ʃiˈbɔ.t͡ʃi/, /ʃat͡ʃˈbɔt͡ʃ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃa.t͡ʃiˈbɔ.t͡ʃi/, /ʃat͡ʃˈbɔt͡ʃ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃat͡ʃˈbɔt͡ʃ/, /ʃa.t͡ʃiˈbɔ.t͡ʃi/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃɐˈtbɔt/ [ʃɐˈtβɔt]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃɐˈtbɔt/ [ʃɐˈtβɔt]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɐˈtbɔt/ [t͡ʃɐˈtβɔt]

• Rhymes: -ɔtʃi, -ɔt
• Hyphenation: chat‧bot

Noun

chatbot m (plural chatbots)

1. chatbot

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English chatbot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃadˈbot/ [t͡ʃað̞ˈβ̞ot̪]
• Rhymes: -ot
• Syllabification: chat‧bot

Noun

chatbot m (plural chatbots)

1. chatbot