[What is Poe? ] Introducing an app that allows you to easily create an AI chatbot on your smartphone

Introduction

Hello!
My name is Mikoto from Beyond Co., Ltd.

Lately, there are more and more things I don't understand, and I'm having a hard time studying terminology every day.
I would like to explain about
my strong ally [Poe] When I was still a student, a certain professor recommended this app to me, and I used it to learn English and Unity, and I still use it a lot now that I'm a working adult!

(Actually, the previous blog was output using Poe.)

 

What is Poe?

overview

Simply put, an app that allows you to easily create a chatbot on your smartphone !
(You can also do it in a browser...)

To explain in more detail, you choose one of the many AIs you are interested in, and use that as a base to decide on the tone, bot settings, initial greeting, etc.

I think some people may have a strong reaction against the tone of help bots that are often seen on the street (I do), but don't worry the Japanese is not monotonous and mechanical, ! !

The official explanation can be found here .

 

About the free tier

In the free plan (with just an account registered), there is a limit to the number of times you can use AI per day!

The number of times limit varies depending on the type of AI, and can be checked from the settings for each. There are also bots that can be used once a day, so if you are interested, please try using them on a trial basis.
(Don't worry, if you're like me, you'll quickly run out of things and then sign up for a subscription...)

 

About premium registration

Let's create a bot!

What to prepare

1. PC or smartphone
2. Register as a member of Poe.com (free)

Membership registration itself is free, but if you sign up for a paid plan, you can experience even more AI!

*Please note that I have been on a paid plan since I started, so I have no experience using a free plan .

 

Basic setting method

First, let's create a simple bot.
(I created it on a computer, but the basic operation method is the same on a smartphone.)

①Click “Create Bot” from the menu button

 

② Select "Prompt Bot"
This time, I chose "Prompt Bot" because I am familiar with it, but there are other types, so be sure to try them out!

Set the bot details

① Decide on the image and name
The "image" here will be the icon image for this bot. This time I will use cute illustrations output using Poe!
*Any name is fine, but unfortunately it is not possible to enter Japanese.

This time I chose “TestBotKun”!
② Decide which bot to use as the base
Here, choose one from the many AIs to use as the base.
There are many famous AIs that you can choose from, such as ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude! Moreover, you can choose the version.
*Some AIs require subscription registration.

we will use
“GPT-4o-Mini” which can be used for free (By the way, I love the subscription service "ChatGPT-4-Turbo")

 

③ Enter the prompt
You can add various settings such as the bot's characteristics, tone, and personality using the prompt

Now comes the fun part of Poe!
This timeAs long as the author's hobbies are not revealedWe will set it up easily.
(Many pioneers have already created unique bots, so if you are interested, please take a look at the public bots in the app. Occasionally, there are people who publish prompts. Masu.)

 

④Enter your first message
This is an important point for me personally.
We mentioned earlier that you can set the tone with a prompt, and you can write an example of that tone here!

This is because this part will be
the first line spoken by the AI If you use honorific language in your first message, even if you set up a prompt, it will be less effective.

 

⑤Set the bot's profile
First, a field to write "self-introduction" will appear.
This is the space where you can write about the characteristics of the bot you created when you publish it.
(I have never written it because I never publish it except to show it to my friends)

 

⑥ Set public access, etc.
When we say "access" here, there are three settings you can make.

1. Whether you want to make your bot publicly accessible
2. Whether your bot should appear in the recommendations of other related
3. Whether to include prompts you create on the bot's

Needless to say, I am OFF! ! !
However, if you want to make it public, please turn it on (;'∀')

 

⑥Click Create Bot
The settings are now complete!
You can edit it later , so feel free to press the create button first!

A little trivia

As a side note, there is a trick to writing prompts well.
It's "You..." and the word "User." Even though it supports Japanese, everyday conversation is difficult for AI.
So, by writing it in the SV syntax that is used when translating literally into English, ``You are...'' , it will be easier for the settings to be read ! (I feel it...)

And when we say "user," we mean the person the bot is talking to.
This means that when the bot speaks to you, it recognizes you as a "user .
So, for example, if you write "You are a user...", you can even set the relationship !
(I use this to create interesting AWS experts.)

 

Let's talk with the bot you created!

A little chat

This time, I'm setting up the bot as an engineer, so I'll try to have a casual chat.

The topic is about [advantages and disadvantages of operating cloud servers and on-premises servers].

 

He explained what I had asked in Kansai dialect like this!
Of course, you shouldn't take everything at face value, but he told a story that made sense.

This time, I used a bot that can be used for free, but if you use the paid version, it will use headings to make it easier to read, and it will also summarize the contents in a much easier to understand manner.
(When I tried writing a novel, I found that the content, length, and level of Japanese content were different between the free version and the paid version.If you are interested, please try it.)

With this, it won't feel cold like other bots, so why not create your own bot and use it actively? ?

 

Personal study method

to introduce
personal using this chatbot Basically, the process goes like this.

1. ask a question
2. Check materials (documents, etc.) from the results
3. If there seems to be no problem with the output results, ask the question again.
4. Repeat steps 1 to 3 until you are satisfied.
5. Explain the meaning of the terms you have learned and ask for corrections.

You can easily ask questions in a conversational format, and since it is an AI, you can bombard it with questions, and even if you suddenly ask unrelated questions, it will output sentences that appear to be happy to answer.
You can input any questions you have after listening to the explanation by asking questions you can also practice output by explaining your own interpretation later

*Questions that include business details are strictly prohibited as they may lead to information leaks. The author also uses it within the scope of personal learning such as conceptual understanding.

 

Conclusion

This time, we introduced an attractive app that allows you to create your own bot based on the latest advanced and wonderful AI.

, I think it's important
not to just accept all the information output by AI sure to ask your seniors, not the AI, for "work questions" that contain important information ! ( Thankfully, all of my seniors are willing to answer any questions I have, so I want to be like that in the future...)

Thank you for reading this far!