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1. Introduction to Cognitive Virtual Bots

Navin Sabharwal1 , Sudipta Barua1, Neha Anand2 and Pallavi Aggarwal3
(1)
New Delhi, India
(2)
Varanasi, India
(3)
Noida, India
 

What was science fiction yesterday is becoming reality today. This is true for many technologies, and the cognitive virtual assistant is one such technology whose time has come.

A couple of years ago, I read a book where the protagonist created a self-learning chat program that had cognitive abilities to respond, just as any human being would. At that time, it looked like a plot that was only relevant to a ...

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