Somehow Inevitable Episode 2 Can bots bring us closer together?

Can chatbots bring humans closer together or will they simply push us farther apart?

Can chatbots bring humans closer together or will they simply push us farther apart?

They may seem futuristic, but chatbots are fast entering our everyday lives: from simple, button-powered forms in messaging apps to voice activated personal assistants in smartphones – and self-learning chatbots with artificial intelligence are about to shake up everything.

In this week’s Somehow Inevitable we talk with Ben Tossell – co-founder of Botlist and Community Lead at Product Hunt – to hear about the current state of chatbots and find out why he built an online marketplace that houses them. Then we jump on the phone with Eugene Bann – founder and Chief Technology Officer at X2AI – in San Francisco to hear how his company is creating artificial intelligence to tackle mental health issues all over the world.

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