Are you conscious? It’s an intriguing question when it comes to Artificial Intelligence. So, I thought I would ask ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini the question. Here are the responses. ChatGPT4 Claude 3 Sonnet Gemini What is consciousness? Consciousness may be defined in several different ways: A state of being awake and aware of its surroundings. […]
Unlocking New Horizons: Version 1.9.9 Enhancements to Kognetiks Chatbot for WordPress
Development on the Kognetiks Chatbot for WordPress plugin continued this past week with enhancements that expand the chatbot’s capabilities. These included work in the areas of improved enhanced response, thread retention periods, upgraded conversation history, downloading conversation transcripts, and several other minor updates. These improvements, along with recent updates and those planned in the immediate […]
Blurring the Lines: Clarke’s Laws and the Magic of Modern Technology
I was recently reminded of Arthur C. Clarke’s three laws, the third law in particular. It is the best known and most widely cited of the three. It was originally published in a 1968 letter to Science magazine and later incorporated into the 1973 revision of Profiles of the Future. Clarke ‘s third law states: Any […]
How to Integrate an OpenAI Assistant into Your Website with the Kognetiks Chatbot for WordPress Plugin
Introduction Integrating an OpenAI assistant into your WordPress website can enhance user interaction by providing automated, intelligent responses to inquiries, and more. This short guide outlines how to create an OpenAI assistant and incorporate it into your site using the Kognetiks Chatbot for WordPress plugin. Step 1: Create Your OpenAI Assistant Start by Creating an […]
Enhancing WordPress with Kognetiks Chatbot: Version 1.9.7 and Beyond
Finally, I have released the next version of the Kognetiks Chatbot for WordPress – Versions 1.9.6 and 1.9.7 (a quick fix to version 1.9.6). This release was not without challenges. It started with a complete overhaul of the Knowledge Navigator process and how it integrates with prompts submitted to OpenAI. Let me explain. The Knowledge […]
Time Machine Broke – Stranded in Renaissance
I became interested in time travel and the travelers who undertook such trips when I read Michael Crieghton’s novel “Timeline”. The book is about a group of historians and archaeologists who are employed by a technology company. They discover a way to travel back to 14th-century France using quantum technology. The 14th century is before […]
Enhancing the Kognetiks Chatbot: New Frontiers in Image and Speech Generation
Over the past several weeks I have been working on extending support for image and speech generation for the Kognetiks Chatbot for WordPress in Version 1.9.5. While enhancing the chatbot’s capabilities within these two areas, other minor improvements have been made along the way. Chatbot, Image Generate, Speech Generation I started by asking the chatbot […]
Unlocking Enhanced Interactivity with Kognetiks Chatbot’s Latest Update for WordPress
Yesterday I released the latest version of the Kognetiks Chatbot for WordPress. The release included several significant features, from expanding the list of model choices, to add an option to use the names of Assistants and personalized greetings for logged in users. Additional OpenAI Models The list of available models supported by the chatbot has […]
Evolving Conversations: The Future of Chatbots in Customer Service
These last several weeks have been focused on fixes, touchups, and minor enhancements to the Kognetiks Chatbot for WordPress. I started a list of feature requests a while back that originated in the chatbot Support Forum on WordPress.org, as well as direct messages from a wide range of users, web developers, site owners and their […]
Unlock Enhanced Features with Kognetiks Chatbot for WordPress Version 1.9.2
These last several weeks have been focused on enhancements to the Kognetiks Chatbot for WordPress. These enhancements include multi-file upload for Assistants, conversation history retrieval for logged in users, and improved handling of HTML Markup in chatbot responses. You’ll find them incorporated into the latest version 1.9.2 of the chatbot. Multi-file Uploads In the initial […]