In this chapter, we created a chatbot and gave it a basic understanding of language using LUIS. We took the default template and upgraded it from .NET Core 2.2 to .NET Core 3.0, and created a UWP client app that uses the Direct Line API to communicate with the bot.
Is our version of Eliza (Boris) more likely to pass the Turing test than the original? Maybe. If you wish to improve the model in LUIS then you may give it more of a fighting chance, but the real-world applications of chatbots and language recognition stretch far beyond the ability to fool someone into thinking they are talking to a human. You could easily link this to a voice synthesizer and telephony integration software (such as Twilio), and you will have an automated call center.
The Universal Windows Platform, at least for now, is what Microsoft is touting as the desktop platform of choice. Whether that...
