AI Chatbot Developer

Over the last few months I have been trying to narrow down exactly what I want to focus on in the world of software development and I am considering being an AI Chatbot Developer. I have already considered eCommerce, learning platforms and creating a portfolio using Django and Flask, however this area also interests me along with creative coding.

What is a chatbot

A chatbot is a computer program (virtual assistant) designed to simulate conversation with human users, typically over the internet or messaging platforms. Chatbots can be used for a wide range of applications, including customer service, sales, marketing, and even entertainment.

Chatbot developers

A chatbot developer is a web developer who creates, designs, tests, debugs and maintains chatbots using various tools and frameworks.

• Common tools include frameworks like Botkit, Rasa and Dialogflow.

• Testing and/or debugging tools like Postman, Chatbase

• AI libraries or APIs like spaCy, TensorFlow, NLTK, Google Cloud Speech API.

• Hosting on Heroku, Firebase, AWS

It is important to understand natural language processing (NLP) and machine learning (ML), as well as AI.

Learning about Chatbots

Before I go off and pay for the Global Tech Council - Certified Chatbot Expert course I am going to start with YouTube and then the Udemy Learn Chatbot Development in a Weekend (GPT, FastAPI, AWS) course. If I am still excited/interested I will then focus on gaining expert certification and building loads of Chatbots.

Hopefully following the route of YouTube (free), Udemy (low cost), Global Tech (higher cost) will give me an idea of whether this a path worth exploring.