Bots as More Than Human?

Humans have long defined, framed, and designed bots with the primary aim of passing as human and our collection imagination of what bots can do is often restrained by this focus. The question arising from this strong tendency, is whether humans are capable of imagining bots in another capacity. What is the purpose of designing bots that imitate humans, and could bots offer far more?

Professor Daniel Angus chats with Dominique Carlon about the role of bots in society and how we may recognise that bots can perform interesting and diverse roles without the need to blur the line between bot and human. Dominique shares her research on the life stories of bots in Reddit’s platform culture in particular the role of Dad Bots on Reddit.

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