ai-zurich is a Swiss conference about Artificial intelligence in business (26th of march at X-TRA). We had a talk with Sophie Hundertmark.
You’re considered an expert for chatbots. What was your motivation to conquer this largely unexplored area?
Four years ago I wrote my master thesis on the topic of the use of chatbots in the area of public transport. I basically had to do my own research in this field. I was fascinated and there is still so much to explore. It never gets boring.
What standing and provided functionality could chatbots offer for the economy in the near future?
I think that chatbots will be as commonly available as websites today. The technical implementation becomes easier and easier and there are already plenty of no-code-solutions out there. But only those bots with the right concept and a well thought hrough strategy will be used in future.
What status will Artificial Intelligence (AI) have in our everyday life?
It’s becoming more and more relevant. I think, that soon we won't even always be able to tell when we are in contact with AI and when not.
In which areas does AI haven an influence on our daily lifes already, perhaps even without being obvious to us?
Many business relevant proposals (advertising, for example) are mostly AI-based. You can say, that even Google's Search is a form of AI. So are the speech-based assistants like Alexa, Siri & Co.
What can we look forward to at the ai-zurich conference?
It will be very real-life oriented and with a focus on practicality. Attendants will experience how AI can be used in marketing or how one can develop new business models based on AI. During the morning will be an number of workshops where, for example, you can build your own chatbot or extract data from PDFs without any coding knowledge. In the afternoon we have a number of keynotes by business experts from various areas. For example on how one can optimize business processes: what is already today available, what is nescessary and what are the possibilities in future?
Of course there is plenty of time to network. The whole day we offer a cosy networking-lounge including a barrista.
Last but not least, using AI, our guests can find their perfect networking partner.
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