[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":372},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-11483572":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":10,"maker":11,"posted_at":12,"year":13,"points":14,"comments":15,"rank_in_year":16,"shown_in_year":17,"top":18,"tier":19,"category":20,"subcategory":21,"format":22,"keywords":23,"reception":28,"sentiment":29,"stance_mix":30,"scored_comments":34,"aspects":35,"strip":42,"post_text":44,"what":45,"said":109,"maker_in_thread":219,"shape":225,"grid":228,"attempts":329,"same_week":334,"maker_shows":37,"maker_hidden":364,"reader_version":365,"card":366},"11483572","Wit.ai Bot Engine","Wit.ai Bot Engine beta","title","Show HN: Wit.ai Bot Engine beta","https:\u002F\u002Fwit.ai\u002Fblog\u002F2016\u002F04\u002F12\u002Fbot-engine?hn","wit.ai","blandinw",1460495088,2016,174,47,175,2264,8,"notable","ai","conversational bot platform","api",[24,25,26,27],"nlp","chatbot engine","bot api","natural language understanding","curious",0.075,{"positive":18,"neutral":31,"mixed":32,"critical":33},20,1,5,34,{"idea":36,"execution":38,"docs":40,"pricing":41},{"positive":37,"critical":37},2,{"positive":39,"critical":32},0,{"positive":39,"critical":37},{"positive":39,"critical":39},[43,39,39,39,43,32,39,39,32,43,39,33,43,43,43,43,33,43,43,33,39,33,32,33,43,43,43,43,32,43,39,39,39,33,33,43,43,43,43,43],3,null,{"problem":46,"audience":56,"pricing":64,"motivation":76,"time_to_build":44,"stack":82,"openness":106,"stage":107,"team_size":108},{"value":47,"source":48,"evidence":49},"Building bots that understand natural language without setting up your own NLP stack","inferred",[50,53],{"id":51,"by":11,"text":52},"11484019","(cofounder of Wit.ai here) Thanks for your kind words :) I understand your concerns, here is my take. X as a service allows you to get X with a lot less efforts. It allows you to…",{"id":54,"by":11,"text":55},"11484560","Not sure I correctly understand your question, but I'll give it a shot. Today, Wit offers many advantages out-of-the-box so you don't have to setup your own solution. As NLP gets…",{"value":57,"source":48,"evidence":58},"Developers building conversational bots",[59,60],{"id":51,"by":11,"text":52},{"id":61,"by":62,"text":63},"11483891","ar7hur","You can use Bot Engine to build a Slack bot too, it's not tied to Messenger in any way, there is a HTTPS API. 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It doesn't fit well with the Facebook…",{"id":154,"by":155,"text":156},"11484264","patapizza","(Wit.ai engineer here) Thank you for the interest :-) We haven't released any examples showing an integration with Messenger Platform API. In the meantime, please refer to the…",{"value":158,"source":66,"evidence":159},"Bugs in stories and test flow",[160,164],{"id":161,"by":162,"text":163},"11487476","alainchabat","Hi, sorry to report a bug (or is it me missing anything?). I successfully created the first story. However, the second story (basic, just text) keeps failing. Wondering what I…",{"id":150,"by":151,"text":152},[166,176,182],{"value":167,"source":66,"evidence":168},"Ability to test bots without using the API",[169,173],{"id":170,"by":171,"text":172},"11484569","melvinmt","How can I test my own bot without using the API? Basically looking for something like this: https:\u002F\u002Fwit.ai\u002FFrancis88\u002FInternet%20of%20Things\u002Feval?_t=856&q=hello",{"id":174,"by":11,"text":175},"11484601","We're actually working on it :-) The F8 rush took us a bit by surprise... Shipping soon! http:\u002F\u002Fimgur.com\u002FhjswrHT",{"value":177,"source":66,"evidence":178},"Predefined stories such as weather or greetings",[179],{"id":180,"by":162,"text":181},"11487365","Hi! that's awesome! I started to play with it . I was wondering if there is any way to have predefined stories? I'm sure there is already a bunch of \"weather\" stories or \"how are…",{"value":183,"source":66,"evidence":184},"Messenger platform integration boilerplate",[185],{"id":123,"by":124,"text":125},[187,197,204],{"value":188,"source":66,"evidence":189},"Is Bot Engine tied to Facebook Messenger?",[190,194],{"id":191,"by":192,"text":193},"11484103","mwcampbell","How can users communicate with a Bot Engine bot? Since wit.ai is part of Facebook, I naturally wonder if these bots will be locked into the Facebook platform.",{"id":195,"by":11,"text":196},"11484117","Bot Engine is not tied to the Facebook platform. It exposes an HTTPS API that you can use from anywhere. Slack, the command-line, Messenger, a VR app, etc. We don't make…",{"value":198,"source":66,"evidence":199},"Will Facebook open source Bot Engine?",[200],{"id":201,"by":202,"text":203},"11485788","aapusaam","Will FB open source Bot Engine too for the betterment of NLP and communities working around it?",{"value":205,"source":66,"evidence":206},"Does it work with speech recognition\u002FTTS for VR?",[207],{"id":208,"by":209,"text":210},"11485926","dharma1","Does this work together with a speech recognition\u002FTTS API from Wit? 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