Mariya Yao

Mariya Yao is Chief Technology & Product Officer at Metamaven. Metamaven intelligently automates revenue growth for global companies like Paypal, LinkedIn, L’Oreal, LVMH, and WPP. In parallel, she’s Editor-In-Chief of TOPBOTS, the largest publication and community for enterprise AI executives. Mariya is also a Forbes contributor, writing about the interplay of human and machine intelligence, and co-author of “Applied AI: A Handbook For Business Leaders”, which she launched onstage at CES 2018. As a researcher and “AI designer”, Mariya helps executives gain mastery and a deep understanding of how to apply emerging technologies for consumer and enterprise innovation.

The State of Conversational AI

This introduction to conversational AI gives you a technical overview & review of current state-of-the-art deep learning & natural language processing (NLP) tactics for chatbots and conversational interfaces as well as product UX design tips for crafting customer experiences around current limitations in conversational AI.