Artificial Intelligence (AI) has experienced several ups and downs over the past sixty years. In 2016, it finally caused a global sensation when AlphaGo defeated the world Go champion, ushering in a new era of development. In 2017, China released the “New Generation Artificial Intelligence Development Plan,” aiming to build China into one of the world’s most important AI innovation centers by 2025. The innovation opportunities for China’s new generation of AI are mainly in the widespread application of weak AI and the original innovation of strong AI. The Bot (chatbot) is the simplest form of using AI technology. Currently, there are AI solutions on the market like “Official Account + Bot + Content,” which allow the public to use AI technology in the form of a Bot. At the same time, there are open-source Bot projects like Wechaty that support developers in creating and integrating various Bot engines, fostering original innovation in Bot engines. Clearly, sorting out the concepts and relationships between AI, new-generation AI, Bot, and Wechaty will help us better promote the development of AI in China.
I. Thoughts on AI
AI is a branch of computer science that attempts to understand the essence of intelligence and produce a new kind of intelligent machine that can respond in a similar way to human intelligence. Research in this area includes robotics, language recognition, image recognition, natural language processing, and expert systems.
II. Thoughts on New-Generation AI
New-generation AI is a new stage of AI development. It is a new generation of AI that is more human-like, more intelligent, and more capable. It is a new generation of AI that is more closely integrated with human society.
III. Thoughts on Bot
A bot is a software application that is designed to automate the kinds of tasks you would usually do on your own, like making a dinner reservation, adding an appointment to your calendar, or fetching and displaying information. The most interesting bots are, for now, powered by AI.
IV. Thoughts on Wechaty
Wechaty is a third-party library for WeChat personal accounts, which can only be used for personal accounts, not for public accounts. It is a Node.js library. Wechaty is a bot SDK for WeChat individual accounts, which can be used to build a bot on WeChat.
V. The relationship between AI, New-Generation AI, Bot, and Wechaty
AI is the foundation of the new-generation AI. The new-generation AI is the development direction of AI. Bot is a form of AI application. Wechaty is a bot SDK for WeChat individual accounts, which can be used to build a bot on WeChat. Wechaty can be used to build a bot that is powered by AI.