Hundreds of companies, schools, and other organizations are currently using
A.L.I.C.E. and Artificial Intelligence Markup Language (AIML) as the
foundation of their chatbots for customer service, educational guidance, Web
site help, and most of all, for fun. But let's take a closer look at the
open-source chatbot and natural language technology A.L.I.C.E., and the XML
language powering it, AIML.
A.L.I.C.E. (Artificial Linguistic Internet Computer Entity) was released by
Dr. Richard S. Wallace under the GNU Public License in the hope that it would
become the de facto standard in chatbot technology. What makes AIML and its
technology promising for both developers and users of chatbots are its simple
design, the fact that it serves multiple purposes, and its ability to respond
to any device (including VoiceXML browsers).
Dr. Wallace currently releases A.L.I.C.E. in the... (more)