Shoot Groot A Text
By Steve Lam
I’m sure that after watching Guardians of the Galaxy, people have been itching to have a fulfilling conversation with that talkative creature. No, I’m not talking about Rocket Raccoon. I’m talking about his best friend — Groot! Via Techcrunch, an SMS chatbot has been brought to our attention. With state-of-the-art engineering and years of research, IT geniuses have been able to make Groot come alive with the words, “I am Groot.”
In all seriousness, the chatbot was built by Twilio employee and Guardians of the Galaxy fan Ricky Robinett as a gag.
Working on a new SMS chatbot with some pretty amazing AI. Can’t wait for you all to see this. Launching this afternoon.
— Ricky (@rickyrobinett) September 15, 2014
Still, it’s pretty fun and cool and you can interpret Groot’s famous three words any way you want. That’s the beauty of it. As Groot said in his heartfelt response to Rocket, “We ARE Groot.” Try it out yourselves and text Groot at 866-740-4531.