How to get started in Conversational AI

This question comes up all the time, and that’s great! So many people are discovering conversation design, and so many of them come from different backgrounds. We want to give you some helpers to get started. Before we do that, it’s worth pointing out a few things. Conversational AI has the potential to help everyone, […]

The Complete AI automation process: A VUX World framework

In a previous post, I argued that role playing conversations is an ineffective way of scoping the requirements for a conversational AI use case, or for your first draft design. I realised that, while role play isn’t ideal, there are a shed load more decisions and activities that need to occur before you even think […]

The end of role play in conversation design?

There’s a common practice in conversation design, where a design team will role play a conversation with the intention of identifying common conversational patterns, and distilling that down into an ideal ‘flow’ or ‘happy path’. You’d then use this as your first-pass design and iterate from there. Is this practice still relevant today? Honestly, I […]

How to implement a tried and tested bot improvement cycle

If you’re working with conversational AI systems, then you’ll know that these things are like living organisms. A chatbot is more like a member of staff than it is a piece of software. Would you put a new member of staff on the phone or onto a live chat system and just leave them to […]