Show HN: Meet Aaahit, your smartest phonebook contact

aronvox · 2015-04-12T19:03:54.000Z

Add Aaahit in your address book, +91-9582305350. Just say Hi on WhatsApp and talk!

Hey aronvox, I tried out the chat, its a very interesting project. Could you spare some time to talk about it? Would it possible to communicate over IM?

abdc 11 years ago |

I just got a msg on Whatsapp "Aarti, i am your personal google on WhatsApp.:)" from a strange no which starts from +86. What does this mean...???

ghosh 11 years ago |

Testing it. Pretty good. How does it work? And what are its capabilities?

aronvox 11 years ago | |

Right now it works on top of Whatsapp, but we are adding other messengers shortly. Capabilities right now are translating, checking wikipedia, latest cricket scores, check indian railways pnr status and some fun stuff like jokes. We are essentially working towards the conversation + answering grey area questions category.

ghosh 11 years ago | | |

Interesting. Do keep us informed. The service has potential

kidlogic 11 years ago |

Pretty sure that this posting is a scam.

aronvox 11 years ago | |

It's not buddy, It is a personal assistant on Whatsapp, a small A.I project we are working on. Working on a one pager to go with it.

user001 11 years ago | | |

That suggest feature is not working. PNR not working. I couldn't google anything. I couldn't figure out how to give a feedback. Wiki works well though. Was wondering if this is first of its kind or we already have mature AI bots for whatsapp? I have used bots on hike and nimbuzz. They are good. You can take a clue from these.

kidlogic 11 years ago | | |

Don't misinterpret this comment (or my previous comment) as hostile, but handing out a phone number online - without any explanation or accountability - makes you susceptible to spammers.

What is the purpose of Aaahit? You say you're working with AI - what is the primary purpose of Aaahit (discussion, task-routing, scheduling, etc.)?

aronvox 11 years ago | | |

@Kidlogic: No offense taken. I agree it does look a bit random, but we are working on the hypothesis that we will never need a website for this. A detailed explanation is something I missed, apologies for that.

Well broadly the purpose of Aaahit is to be your smartest phonebook contact who you can ask anything. This includes eventually having a discussion on grey area topics to finding information quickly. Right now it helps in translations, wiki'ing stuff, getting the latest cricket scores or checking your train reservation status ( for India only ).

kidlogic 11 years ago | | |

Sounds good! Best of luck :)