It seems that most people here are using and talking about AIML. I’ve also seen something called ChatScript and also RiveScript. What else is out there?

Here’s a few hosts that offer differing types of bots.

http://www.chatterbotcollection.com/category_contents.php?id_cat=90

Also check out: https://sourceforge.net/p/nnd/

Well, i thought that chatbots are innovation in the world of technology)) and you’re here from 2012)
https://www.cleveroad.com/blog/how-to-create-your-own-chatbot- - They said that the increasing popularity of chatbot messengers made people talk that now apps are doomed.  Now i see that if you’re here from 2012.. and now is 2017..chatbots will never never outstrip apps

Jan and me have been playing with bots for a lot longer than that. I started our AI forum including chatbots back in 2005.

Chatbots have been around for years. Don’t believe all you read in the media - they just like to over do the whole thing and are often misinformed or make things up just to have a good story.

Apps and bots can be complimentary.

Really though, they are all just programs.

Hello i need help with my chatbot , i want to call my formflow in .net bot framework c#, but i can’t do it.

could you please help me https://stackoverflow.com/questions/42298992/how-to-call-formflow-after-user-choose-an-option-from-quickreply-in-chatbot

It depends on your requirements. If you want to create a chat for fun or to test your chatbot idea. Here is short tutorial on how you can build https://artjoker.net/blog/how-to-make-your-own-chatbots/

Check this video out at 12:21: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tV-K_tdsKos

For my business related chatbot, designed as part of an ordering system, I found it extremely awkward to process and interpret data using AIML - but I only gave it 2 weeks. Since then, I have been building my Python-based chatbot using home made NLU, which you might take a look at:

https://github.com/peterwaksman/Narwhal

There is a nwchat.py module but the good examples are not public. If you are interested, let me know and I will send them to you.