Artificial Intelligence: Let's Create an Expandable Chatbot!

In this class learners will build a chatbot from the ground up. Chatbots have become popular over the last few years. The Internet is full of automated chatbots allowing people to "talk" to a machine and get useful information. These chatbots might seem very complicated, but the truth is, they are not.

We will use "Snap!" - a visual programming language almost identical to Scratch, but more powerful. Learners who have experience with Scratch will have no learning curve. However, we will use the first session to get familiar with Snap! and some of the unique features we will be using in this chatbot project.

Structure
Week 1 - We will focus on building the core of the chatbot. Learners will get an exposure to:
- Object oriented programming
- System architecture
- Machine learning

Week 2 - We will focus on agent technologies to add new capabilities to the chatbot. Learners will create a weather agent that can get weather information from around the globe, a horoscope agent, a restaurant agent, and more. Learners will get an exposure to:
- Agent development
- Connecting to the web to retrieve information using API's and REST technologies