Topic overlap detection in messaging systems

A method for detecting overlapping topics in a messaging system, the method comprising:

• receiving a plurality of trigger phrases, each trigger phrase being configured to trigger a bot that receives the trigger phrase to select a corresponding topic for conversation;
• generating a vector representation for each trigger phrase of the plurality of trigger phrases;
• generating measures of similarity based at least on the vector representations, each measure of similarity representing a degree of similarity between a respective pair of vector representations;
• detecting a topic overlap based on a pair of vector representations having a measure of similarity above a similarity threshold, the topic overlap indicating two trigger phrases that are overlapping;
• and
• providing the topic overlap to an authoring tool, wherein the authoring tool comprises one or more interactive elements to enable a user to change at least one of the two trigger phrases that are overlapping.

A computer-readable storage medium having program instructions recorded thereon that, when executed by at least one processor of a computing device, perform a method, the method comprising:

• receiving a plurality of trigger phrases, each trigger phrase being configured to trigger a bot that receives the trigger phrase to select a corresponding topic for conversation;
• generating a vector representation for each trigger phrase of the plurality of trigger phrases;
• generating measures of similarity based at least on the vector representations, each measure of similarity representing a degree of similarity between a respective pair of vector representations;
• detecting a topic overlap based on a pair of vector representations having a measure of similarity above a similarity threshold, the topic overlap indicating two trigger phrases that are overlapping;
• and
• providing the topic overlap to an authoring tool, wherein the authoring tool comprises one or more interactive elements to enable a user to change at least one of the two trigger phrases that are overlapping.