Chatbots have become increasingly popular in recent years, with advancements in natural language processing (NLP) and artificial intelligence (AI) making them more human-like and capable of providing engaging conversations. However, the applications of chatbots go far beyond just answering queries and providing information.

As I write this, in 2022, I realize I used to be afraid of the dystopian state and future that humanity could find itself facing due to tech. I just turned 24, and I hardly remember a world before social media. From a young age, I saw an upcoming fork in the road. One path could lead us to an easier world, a more fair world – a world where automation grants an easier life to all, a world in which we are free to spend our time with our families, with our passions. I yearned for this path. The other path looked much, much more sinister. Mass surveillance, manufactured consent, endless propaganda, a war on truth, a war on freedom of thought, and a limited range of socially acceptable discourse and debate all seemed likely.

Social distancing, stay at home, and shelter-in-place have become the new buzzwords in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. Unfortunately, since humans are creatures of habit, these new norms have ushered in stress and anxiety that a few of us knew were lurking beneath the composed self. Most likely, the…

The COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic has caused a major shift in how people work. Suddenly, governments around the world want people to stay indoors and work remotely, using the Internet to access work from home. So working from home has become the new normal. The shift has come with some major…