I started development of the AI Powered Chatbot for WordPress plugin using Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code (commonly referred to as VS Code). It features support for intelligent code completion and embedded Git, two features that were important to me among others. Two VS Code extensions that have helped me with development are GitHub Copilot and GitHub […]
Empowering Your WordPress Site with AI: Building an OpenAI Assistant
The AI Powered Chatbot for WordPress plugin can leverage the power of OpenAI’s Larger Language Models (LLMs) to assist you or your clients with many different tasks. Today I had a support question about the capabilities of the chatbot. The use case described as wanting to load software manuals into an assistant so that it could […]
Evolving AI Powered Chatbot for WordPress: New Features and Future Plans
This weekend I started setting fresh development priorities for the AI Powered Chatbot for WordPress plugin. Over the last few weeks as active installs continue to grow, I’ve received a lot of thoughtful feedback and requests. They’re all great ideas. Some are more difficult to implement than others. And several have been on the development priority […]
Navigating Chatbot Conversations: PHP Sessions and User IDs in WordPress
In order for the AI Powered Chatbot for WordPress plugin to keep track of conversations, PHP Session Ids are used to manage several things. The first thing s session id is used for is to know which web page a visitor is on and which chatbot assistant is loaded on that page. The second thing a […]
Elevating Interactivity: Enhanced File Upload Feature in AI Powered Chatbot for WordPress Plugin
I had a pleasant email this morning from a user who has installed the AI Powered Chatbot for WordPress plugin. I’ve had several other email exchanges with them about how the chatbot might function. And those conversations have guided my development in a couple of different areas. The email from this morning was about file uploading […]
Conversations with AI: Exploring the Future of Human-Machine Interaction
I woke up this morning thinking about two chatbots having a conversation with each other and wondering what it would sound like. So, I thought I would have a conversation with ChatGPT about this topic. And it went like this. You Are you a bot? ChatGPT Yes, Stephen, I am a bot. I’m an AI […]
Revolutionizing Development: My Journey with a GPT Assistant
A couple of weeks ago I started diligently working on enabling file uploads to the AI Powered Chatbot for WordPress plugin. I was working in the OpenAI Playground and took note that there was a link to documentation. As I started working on the upload module for the plugin, I found myself needing to consult the […]
Revolutionizing WordPress: Introducing File Uploads in the AI Powered Chatbot for WordPress Plugin
Over the last couple of weeks I’ve been working on enabling file upload using the AI Powered Chatbot for WordPress plugin I created. Yesterday, my implementation finally worked. Hurray! Well, it essentially worked. There were, however, several details to work out. What to do with the intermediate file that was uploaded to the web server. Then […]
Evolving Conversations: From HAL to ChatGPT and Beyond
The HAL 9000, fondly referred to as HAL was the fictional artificial intelligence (AI) character and main antagonist in Arthur C. Clarke’s “2001: A Space Odyssey”. HAL, which stood for Heuristically Programmed Algorithmic Computer, was a sentient artificial general intelligence (AGI) computer. HAL controlled the Discover One spacecraft and interacted with the ship’s crew. HAL […]
From Google to ChatGPT: Navigating the Shift in Digital Information Paradigm
I rarely use Google search anymore. I now almost exclusively use OpenAI’s ChatGPT or Bing.com’s Copilot to answer most of my questions. Years ago, when using the Internet to answer questions, I used search engines like Excite, Yahoo, and the early versions of Google, Bing, and DuckDuckGo. There were also lesser-known search engines like Ask […]