Choose one of the three positions below: Defend it with reference to the reading (including citing whom you disagree with). You must defend one of these three positions even if you don't agree with it entirely.
A. Bots are viruses that pollute public discourse to the point of making respectful online conversation impossible.
B. Bots are exciting vectors for expressing ideas about the world in surprising new ways that can unsettle assumptions.
C. Bots can create strangely beautiful things that are worth looking at, but don't "participate" in cultural conversations.
The "Turing Test":
Are there imaginable digital computers which would do well in the imitation game?
The "Turing Test":
Are there imaginable digital computers which would do well in the imitation game?
An operationalization. Intelligence is defined by interations with people.
Bots exist on two dimensions
High complexity of search function, no returns.
The dictionary
Who are the special robots in your life?