Spreading hope through chatbot technology
Welcome to HopeBot.org!
The mission of this site is to share hope with the world, through chatbot technology. We are building a custom chatbot on top of OpenAI’s ChatGPT platform.
The site is in “beta” at the moment.
You can chat with an early version of the bot here.
HopeBot.org offers the public a chatbot with a mission.
Everyone could use a little more hope about the future. Life is tough sometimes. To some of us most of the time (and perhaps to all of us some of the time) it can seem that we are on our own, left to fend for ourselves over a life span that is far too short. To others, God is seen as offering approved groups a path to a joyful eternal life, but with lots of conditions and no second chances, such that only some of those we care about will find it in time.
Both of these messages can sap our joy and strength, and hold us back from being the best versions of ourselves during our limited time on Earth.
Wouldn’t in be nice to believe that a good God has a good plan for each of us, and for our loved ones, that each of our lives is ultimately headed towards a good destination? I think most people would consider that good news, but are skeptical that reality is like that, given both the prevailing narratives around us and some of things we have observed with our own eyes. But what if it’s probably true, and that there are good reasons for believing it? Wouldn’t that make you more joyful and less fearful? Wouldn’t it give you a longer-term perspective on life?
Hope the Chatbot is here to help you along that journey, wherever your starting point is.
An early version of this site went live in 2017, with an initial plan to focus on Facebook messenger, given some of the tools available at the time. It proved too difficult initially, so the project went into a long hiatus.
Now, with tools like OpenAI’s ChatGPT available, we are taking another shot at building a bot that can be helpful for people to ask faith questions in an anonymous, interactive format, with an agent developed for this purpose.
The initial project, Hope the Chatbot, is now live on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pg/hopethechatbot/.
We have also deploy a web-based version here. It has the same underlying conversational engine but also has a couple of buttons to help you manage the interaction.
Feel free to contact admin at hopebot dot org with any questions.
A beta version of Hope the Chatbot has been enabled at this link. If you have any comments about it, please email admin at hopebot dot org.
Hopebot.org was registered over seven years ago, with a mission of bringing chatbot technology to the practice of sharing faith, hope, and love. At the time, I focused on Facebook Messenger, where some early chatbots were active and where some cool tools were available to build one’s own bot. Using those 2017-era tools, I ultimately …
HopeBot.org is building a chatbot called Hope the Chatbot on Facebook. Stay tuned for more information.
You can contact the administrator at admin at hopebot dot org.