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by palakchokshi 3724 days ago
1. The idea of a meta-bot that the OP puts forward doesn't require user to add any bot. If user had to add every bot manually then it takes away a key advantage of a meta-bot. One bot to rule them all.

From what I (mis)understood, a meta-bot would internally have "friended" other bots and user only adds the meta-bot and interacts with the meta-bot which then sends the queries to its friended bots. Though now that I think about it I probably did misunderstand it. :)
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pelumi 3724 days ago
Your description is what I had in mind. The user won't be the one to add the bots, the meta-bot has a strong knowledge of the 'chatbot community' and knows who is good at solving problems in different categories.

The proposition of allowing the user 'add' bots is also quite interesting but I've not given much thoughts to that.

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palakchokshi 3724 days ago
If user is allowed to add bots then you take away one thing from the meta-bot. The task of Discovering relevant bots. At the same time you limit the meta-bot from helping you out with a task if a bot for that task has not been installed by the user.

The meta-bot could technically suggest what bots to install if it does not find an installed bot to perform a task. In the current world of bots I think this would be a more optimal approach rather than a true meta-bot to bot transparent communication.

Also take into consideration that a meta-bot should provide proper attribution to whichever bot it chooses to perform the task otherwise you open yourself up to copyright infringement or equivalent.

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surfaceTensi0n 3723 days ago
That's interesting. I guess I just assumed the user would have to add the bots. Otherwise how would they know what the meta-bot is capable of doing? Also, discovery of bots, especially ones that aren't "mainstream" (I'm thinking less utilitarian and more art/fun, here) or part of specific bot networks/marketplaces, would be harder. Allowing users to at least also add their own seems like it would be a useful feature.
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palakchokshi 3724 days ago
If you want to take this offline I've updated my email address in my profile. Don't know if you can see it.
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pelumi 3724 days ago
Yeah, we should indeed take this offline. I can't see your email, you can reach me on lumzor [at] gmail [dot] com.
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