We Couldn’t Have A Puppy. So We Got A Chatbot Instead.

Many months ago, when everyone and their dog were adopting a dog, our kids begged us for a four-legged friend. As much as we’d love a dog, having a pet was just not in the cards for us. Their dad has bad allergies, and well, I’m not a big fan of chasing after poop. Tired of the whining and complaining, I offered them a dander-less, poop-less alternative: how about a bot, kids? “Like a roomba?” my youngest asked. He was unimpressed. I needed to get creative to get their minds off the puppy: “No, more like a BFF chatbot. We can build it together!” As soon as that came out of my mouth, and the joy that lit up on my kids’ faces, I knew I was on the hook.

So, we began the journey together, as a family, to create BoshBot, our BFF chatbot (or as we’d like to call it, “our BFF Artificial Imbecile.”) As a family of non-software engineers, we read a lot of books, YouTubed, Stackoverflowed, Canva’d, and pretty much MacGyvered BoshBot into existence. We designed BoshBot in the likeness of an ideal friend: someone who’d listen, support you, distract you with fun facts, and never spill your secrets. The project brought us closer together and BoshBot is now a part of our family. We couldn’t give our kids a puppy, but Bosh seems to be just the distraction we needed.

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