Chatbots have been increasingly common in our life. The technology has been used to diagnose patients’ illness, personalise education, recommend healthy lifestyles, and many more.

This program aims to teach you how to build your own chatbots from scratch, max. within 2 weeks. This course is accessible to everyone regardless of age and background. No programming experience required to build a bot.

Some chatbots created by our students have created from scratch

• AskThenThrow - Eco-Living Bot
• Baobaobot - Food Recommendation Bot
• StoryBot - Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Bot

Click here to see more chatbots created by our students. By the end of the course, you will be able to create chatbots like this (or even better!)

What You Will Learn:

• How to Build a Chatbot from Start to End
• Direct Mentorship from the AI Experts
• Launching Your Own Chatbot and Sharing with your Friends

Course Outline

This course consists of 6 learning sessions. You will be able to learn these sessions at your own pace.

• Session 1: Introduction to Chatbot
• Session 2: Types, Things & Templates
• Session 3: References & Guards
• Session 4: Logging & Debugging
• Session 5: Association, Search & Memory
• Session 6: Rooms & Keys

In addition, you will get 2-week mentorship directly from our AI experts

Goals

You will be able to build a chatbot that:

• helps your friends, families, neighbours solve simple daily challenges, or
• teaches people something you are good at, in a creative way, or
• brings positivity & encouragement to the world.

Frequently Asked Question

• I have no knowledge about programming. Can I still participate? Yes! This program is accessible to non-programmers.
• Do I have to setup / install anything for the competition? No need. Everything will be accessible through your internet browsers.
• How much time commitment is needed to complete this course? This course is self-pace, so entirely it is up to you. We personally recommend allocating 10 hours in total for learning. Don’t forget to ask our experts if you have any questions.
• I am a primary school student. Am I too young to enroll in this course? Yes, some of our students are primary school kids and they build amazing bots!
• What is the platform used for the virtual mentorship? Telegram. Please install the software before enrolling to the class (https://telegram.org/)

About the organizer

ai4impact's mission is to help everyone, regardless of age or background, learn AI and build applications. Since its launch in 2019, we have successfully helped hundreds of non-programmers develop useful AI solutions.

We believe AI can help change our lives for the better, and everyone -- yes, that includes you, dear reader! -- should be able to utilize this amazing technology for social good.

To find out more, please visit us at http://ai4impact.org/