I think the OP is looking for a chat agent which is a program that will chat with a human.

I was't going to post this yet as I was still experimenting but to help the conversation develop here is some relevant information from a demo I was playing with.

There is a "AI" based chat program called RiveScript which has implementations in several languages including JavaScript. Once some simple architecture is setup you can use RiveScript from a browser and specify the rules it follows using a configuration file named brains.rive. This of course means you can implement it within QuickBase without using any other external services.

I have implemented RiveScript from a code page and here is a screenshot of a few questions and answers:

Here are the five messages I typed:

my name is dan
who is the ceo of quickbase
make me a sandwich
what time is it
how many pasties

Here are the five rules in the brains.rive file:

+ my name is *
- nice to meet you <star>
- nice meeting you <star>  + *ceo * quickbase - Rick Willett is CEO of Quick Base and serves as chairman of the company's board of directors. ^<img width=200 height=200 src=https://www.quickbase.com/uploads/panel/RickWillett_square-min.jpg> 
+ make me a sandwich
- ham, turkey or veggie? 
+ what time is it
- the time is: <call>whattime</call> 
> object whattime javascript
  return new Date();
< object 
+ how many pasties
- there are <call>numpasties</call> pasties 
> object numpasties javascript
  var dbidPasties = "bgcwm2m4g";
  var apptoken = "d4vzqatccbhzxdkmhhp3cs4jhe4";
  return new rs.Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
    fetch('${dbidPasties}?act=API_DoQueryCount&qid=1&apptoken=${apptoken}')
      .then(r => r.text())
      .then(res => {
        var parser = new DOMParser();
        var xml = parser.parseFromString( res, "text/xml" );
        var numMatches = xml.querySelector("numMatches").textContent;
        resolve(numMatches);
      })
  });
< object

In a nutshell there are a bunch of commands with shortcut notations that allow you to pattern match on the user's input and dispatch various commands including capturing the state of the conversation, calling arbitrary JavaScript and generating a response message.

Here are the docs:

RiveScript Docs
https://www.rivescript.com/wd/RiveScript

Here is a playground where you can get the hang of using RiveScript:

RiveScript Playground
https://play.rivescript.com/

If you want to pursue using RiveScript with QuickBase feel free to contact me off-world using the information in my profile:

https://getsatisfaction.com/people/dandiebolt

Forum Discussion

Does anyone know of chat bot integrations with Quick Base?