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by pavlov 3270 days ago
Chatbots offer a state-of-the-art user experience brought through a timewarp from the text adventure games of 1981.

"You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike. There is a CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE on the ground."

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Maybe you're on to something. Perhaps chatbots would be easier to work with if we were able to examine inventory and see a list of available commands?
It's considered good style to support user messages like "what can I say?" or "where was I?" for precisely this reason.
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