Chicago bot builders 1.1 - Word Embeddings and Slackbots!

Join us for the second installment of Chicago Bot Builders on Thursday, September 29 at 6pm at mHUB. The event will feature two presentations and an hour of networking!

The event will be in the main gathering space located at 965 W. Chicago Ave.

AGENDA
The event will start with drinks and conversation followed by several short presentations. Please come at any time during the two hour span, but we will be leaving promptly at 8pm to respect the time of the host. Presentations include:

An exploration in word embeddingsThomas Johnson, CTO of CoPilot.ai

Thomas will be introducing products from CoPilot.ai such as LeadAxe, a chatbot for lead generation. He will discuss how their team has handled conversation flow with word embeddings, a technique for translating words into numbers and figuring out some of the meanings behind words automatically. Some python code will be displayed during this presentation.

Slackbot analyticsSebastian Zontek, CEO of Deep.BI

Sebastian is a serial entrepreneur from Warsaw, Poland working on products in the media ad:tech space. He will be in Chicago during the meetup and wanted to demo a few bots his team is using to provide content analytics in Slack.

SHOULD I ATTEND?
Yes, of course you should attend. This is an inclusive event made up of the following types of individuals:

• Developers, marketers, and entrepreneurs interested in chatbots

• People who enjoy sharing ideas and supporting fellow community members

• Evangelists of tools, technologies, and platforms for bot builders

WHAT WILL BE DISCUSSED?
Whatever you chose to discuss!

If you're not sold on an evening of open discussion with like-minded people, here are some specific conversation starters you can use:

• For what use cases are messaging platforms are better than apps?

• Do you have any experiences using bot building platforms?

• What tools have you used to add intelligence to your bot?

• What is your favorite bot currently in the marketplace?

• Do you think Facebook, Google, or IBM will win this leg of the A.I. race?

Big thanks to our sponsor, mHub!
We'll be gathering at mHUB (http://www.mhubchicago.com/), Chicago’s first innovation center focused on physical product development and manufacturing. The facility is located near the Chicago Blue Line stop in +60,000 square feet of a former Motorola testing facility. It is replete with manufacturing equipment, coworking, event space and more.