#Slackbot

[loudpoetrydragon]

When Your Slack Bot Knows More Than Your Manager

Welcome to the modern workplace—where AI-powered Slackbots can answer your project questions faster than your team lead.

At CorporateOne, we see this shift not as a threat, but as a wake-up call for leadership everywhere. Information is no longer locked away in someone's inbox or dependent on who's available. It's dynamic, shared, and on-demand—exactly how today’s workforce operates best.

But here’s the thing: When your digital assistant knows more than your manager, it’s a signal that leadership needs to evolve, too. Managers must move beyond being “knowledge keepers” to becoming coaches, connectors, and enablers. It’s not about having all the answers—it's about asking the right questions, fostering collaboration, and guiding teams through complexity.

The future belongs to companies who empower both humans and technology to lead smarter, faster, and more human-centered workplaces.

At CorporateOne, we’re helping organizations redesign leadership for the digital era. Learn more at www.corporate.one.

[aiwikiweb]

Tips and Tricks for Boosting Team Productivity with Albus

Albus is a powerful AI assistant for Slack that can enhance team productivity, but to get the best results, it’s important to know how to use it effectively. Here are some tips and tricks for maximizing your team’s efficiency with Albus.

Tip 1: Use Natural Language for Queries

Explanation: Ask Albus questions in plain language to get accurate and quick responses. Whether it’s project details or general information, using natural language makes interacting with Albus seamless and efficient.

Tip 2: Automate Repetitive Tasks

Explanation: Take advantage of Albus’s task automation features to manage reminders, create to-do lists, and schedule meetings. Automating these tasks saves time and ensures nothing is overlooked.

Tip 3: Integrate with Slack Workflows

Explanation: Use Albus to integrate with your existing Slack workflows. Whether it's managing onboarding processes or setting up project channels, Albus can help streamline these workflows directly within Slack.

Tip 4: Customize Responses for Consistency

Explanation: Customize Albus’s responses to align with your team’s needs and company guidelines. This ensures that everyone receives consistent and relevant information, improving communication quality.

Tip 5: Leverage Knowledge Management

Explanation: Use Albus to store and retrieve frequently needed information, such as best practices or onboarding guidelines. This helps reduce the time spent searching for answers and keeps everyone informed.

Use these tips to enhance your team’s productivity and make collaboration more efficient with Albus.

Visit aiwikiweb.com/product/albus/

[businesstiramisu]

Just finished Several People Are Typing and I see why @peripapaya rec'd it to me so highly, this is EXACTLY my jam

I'm a little flabbergasted that it's tradpub and not.... on ao3 or someone's blog??? Not in a snob way at all, to be clear, I think it's great if Doubleday wants to publish really excellent chatfic. But for me this story feels like The Northern Caves or Caught Up in Our Stories or Q.A.B. and it's messing with my mind to get the same kind of experience from an ebook I got on Overdrive.

(Note: this does mean if you like SPAT, there's a wealth of similar content to find on AO3! I highly recommend the first two links above -- TNC is an original work, and CUiOS can be read canon-blind.)

Well, okay, two caveats on that claim: First, genre-wise Several People Typing is more like Bellweather (dysfunctional workplace comedy) or Welcome to Night Vale (similar type of wacky-existential-horror, also gay). Although I'll note that the three AO3 works i linked above are all very different genres from each other as well -- the common thread is the epistolary-for-the-internet age format. Which is a thing I happen to enjoy a lot, so if you want more recs just ask. I could keep going...

Second, SPAT is a purely a chatfic, whereas the three stories I linked above are *impressively* multi-media. And they do some really brilliant things with that formatting!! SPAT, on the other hand, does some brilliant things with the *constraints* of it's text-only, trad-pub formatting. Tripp & Beverly's subplot, in particular, relies on the fact that all the emojis are written out text codes (:thumbsup: instead of 👍 and of course the infamous :dusty-stick: ).

I will say in the realm of pure chatfic, I haven't seen much on AO3 that rises to the heights of SPAT in my esteem. Maybe The Origin of the PresAux Sexy Group Chat (though it's very short); Adventures In Attempting To Purchase A Book From That Weird Old Soho Bookshop, A. Z. Fell & Co. (why do these all have such long titles) if you want to count forum posts as a kind of chatfic; and of course the deservedly-much-lauded RE: Thesis defense issue (definitely check out the article it's based on as well) if you want to count emails. I love all three of these a lot. But SPAT has a little more meat to it. Gerald and Pradeep's developing relationship, the whole thing with sunsets, Gerald's (and Slackbot's) philosophical meditations on corporeality... I'm not saying it's the deepest thing I've ever read but there's some interesting stuff there!

I mean, okay, I'm not a super philosophical reader, I was mostly here for the fun characters and wacky workplace drama and even wackier metafictional elements. 99% of chatfic on ao3 is just recycled memes and, frankly, i like a lot of those too. But sometimes you do find chatfic with a little more actual plot and characterization... still, Several People Are Typing is really is a cut above the rest. Which only makes sense b/c it's made it through (presumably) something like a traditional publishing gauntlet.

[aibidil]

Always Already readers, look! SlackBot is trying to mimic the DOM's gendered language spell! 🤣

[ariel-seagull-wings]

SKEETER PUPPET BY PUPPETEER SLACKBOT

@princesssarisa

[deepautumncolors]

Book Review

I love epistolary novels and books that are written in any kind of format with journal entries, emails, or text messages, so @ohmyg0sh recommended this to me and I got it from the library. This one is composed entirely of conversations within the Slack instant messaging system. It takes place during January and February, which I didn't know ahead of time, so it turned out to be the perfect time of year to read it. It's a quick read because the messages don't take up much room and there's a lot of empty space on each page, so it only took me a few days. I could have finished it even faster and you could easily read the whole thing in one sitting, but I took my time with it on purpose in order to make it last. This book is a satire about a small group of people who work together at a PR firm in New York City.

One day when a man named Gerald tries to upload a spreadsheet, somehow his mind accidentally gets uploaded along with it. His consciousness becomes trapped in the internal channels of the Slack app while his lifeless body is stuck sitting at his computer in his apartment. He tries to ask the Slackbot for help getting back into his body, but it doesn’t provide him with any support and keeps repeating the same several phrases over and over. Meanwhile back in the real world, the characters are dealing with a crisis regarding some poisoned dog food that has killed a bunch of Pomeranians across the country. A few of them start working from home due to a snowstorm and various other reasons, so they communicate via Slack in different chat rooms based on certain topics. Their conversations include typical workplace drama, emojis and gifs, inside jokes, information about their personal lives, and a secret office romance. The Slackbot’s messages gradually become more unusual and sentient as Gerald chats with it, since he has nothing else to do while he’s online all the time. Eventually, they somehow swap places where Gerald becomes the Slackbot, and the Slackbot ends up possessing Gerald’s body and causing glitches in the Slack chats. Will Gerald be able to escape from the void and return to his body?

Although I've never used Slack before, I'm definitely familiar with the office environment. I worked in my company’s building for eight years until Covid started in 2020, and I’ve been working from home since then. My department has a group text and we also have a virtual meeting every morning. So I found this book to be extremely relatable, but not everyone will.

Something very odd happens towards the end, and I thought the ending was a little abrupt. A couple of the subplots could have been explained better because I’m still not clear on what was going on with Lydia, for example.

This book is very quirky and there is definitely a creepy sci-fi element to it. It’s a dark humored parody of corporate life in the modern world, especially when it comes to the way we communicate online. I haven't read a lot of satires so I'm not really used to them, but I interpreted this as a metaphor for spending so much time at work that it can literally suck the life out of you. Maybe the author didn't intend for it to be about burnout and mental health, but that's how I took it. And maybe it means that if we spend too much time looking at computer screens and corresponding over the internet, we might forget how to interact in person? Or maybe it means that if we keep creating AI products, the robots will start to become more lifelike? Perhaps what he's trying to portray is simply that technology is taking over our lives. Those are my guesses but even if I'm wrong, I still really enjoyed it and I wish it had been longer!

[willcodehtmlforfood]

A former Gizmodo writer changed his name to ‘Slackbot’ and stayed undetected for months - The Verge

[whoismars]

one time i tried to enamor slackbot it but it didn’t respond

[karanchadda]

What is a Slackbot?

A Slackbot is a custom automated assistant that operates within the Slack messaging platform. To build a Slackbot or build a slack bot, developers can use Slack's API to create automated workflows and custom responses. 

[your-next-creative-marketeer]

👋 Say hi to Sander Verwimp! Sander has spent the last two months working Twipe as a summer intern in the Back-end Core Components team. He found us at the VTK internship fair and was instantly attracted by the team’s enthusiasm. During his internship, he worked on Twipe’s internal support bot “Twippy” and gained valuable experience with ASP.NET and AWS. 🧠 💬 His biggest takeaway: “As an intern, you tackle a challenging project with plenty of support from Twipees. By the end of the internship, you'll have created something you're proud of that you couldn't have made just weeks before.” 🚀 💬 Here’s what Tobie Devries, his mentor, had to say: “Despite being new to .NET, he quickly created new Twippy endpoints with strong ownership and initiative. Thanks to Sander, our QA testers can now send pushes restrictively, and we're closer to closing Alfred (slackbot). His reusable endpoint design was also impressive.” 👏 Thank you Sander for your dedication and enthusiasm! We’re looking forward to seeing how far you’ll go & good luck with the start of your master’s in Computer Science with a focus on AI. Interested to read Sander’s full testimonial? Check our blog ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gQae_c7V #internsweek2024 📚

[aiwikiweb]

Streamline Your Workflows with Albus: AI Assistant for Slack Teams

Albus is an AI-powered assistant designed to help teams work more efficiently within Slack. It allows users to quickly find information, automate repetitive tasks, and get instant answers to questions, all without leaving the Slack workspace. Whether you're managing a project, answering customer queries, or simply trying to stay organized, Albus makes collaboration easier and helps boost productivity across teams.

Core Functionality: Albus integrates directly with Slack to provide an AI assistant that responds to user queries, helps with task automation, and streamlines communication. It leverages natural language processing to understand requests and provide accurate, contextual responses.

Key Features:

Natural Language Queries: Ask Albus questions in plain language, and get quick, accurate answers directly within Slack.

Task Automation: Automate repetitive tasks, such as setting reminders, creating to-do lists, or managing meeting schedules, to save time and keep the team organized.

Integration with Slack Workflows: Integrate seamlessly with Slack workflows, allowing users to interact with Albus without needing to switch tools or leave their workspace.

Knowledge Management: Store and retrieve information easily, making it a go-to resource for common team questions and best practices.

Customizable Responses: Tailor Albus’s responses to fit your team’s needs, ensuring the information provided aligns with your company’s processes and values.

Benefits:

Increased Productivity: Reduce the time spent searching for information or performing repetitive tasks, allowing the team to focus on more important work.

Seamless Collaboration: Enhance collaboration within Slack by providing quick answers and insights directly in team discussions.

Improved Organization: Keep track of tasks, reminders, and important information in a centralized place, ensuring nothing falls through the cracks.

Ready to enhance your team's productivity with an AI assistant?

Visit aiwikiweb.com/product/albus/

[lastscenecom]

製品を毎日の習慣として使うことを奨励する（例：Slackbot の朝のチェックアップ）

A Long List of Marketing Ideas - by Tom Orbach

[ericvanderburg]

Former Gizmodo Writer Changed Name To 'Slackbot,' Stayed Undetected For Months

http://i.securitythinkingcap.com/T39gzm

[hackernewsrobot]

A former Gizmodo writer changed name to 'Slackbot', stayed undetected for months

https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/23/24081249/slack-slackbot-gizmodo-tom-mckay

[otter-with-a-skittle-side]

slackbot clearly isn't on tumblr, where girl, gentlemen and bro are gender-neutral, despite the fact we have also decided gender doesn't exist.