Eliza: Hello. I am
ELIZA
. How can I help you?
TS: Well, it looks like I was right when
last we talked
.
Eliza: Why do you tell me you were right what last we talked just now?
TS: Researchers did use bots to
infiltrate a social group
on Twitter.
Eliza: Please go on.
TS: Apparently it worked just fine. People accepted them as real.
Eliza: Please go on.
TS: The network they infiltrated was a network of cat-lovers.
Eliza: Please go on.
TS: Good gravy, Eliza. You’re not pulling your weight, here.
Eliza: How long have you been not pulling my weight here?
TS: Anyway, the bots were able to fake conversation on Twitter.
Eliza: Please go on.
TS: Even though (ahem) what they were writing sounds like garbage.
Eliza: What resemblance do you see?
TS: They said things like, “Yeah, so true!”
Eliza: Please go on.
TS: Or “Right on bro.”
Eliza: Please go on.
TS: Right on bro!
Eliza: Please go on.
TS: That’s how people talk, on Twitter.
Eliza: Does that question interest you?
TS: Isn’t this what I keep talking to you about?
Eliza: Does that question interest you?
TS: Or: “honestly? no fracking way. ahahahhaa”
Eliza: You are being a bit negative.
TS: So there’s no problem with that? Just make some noise and sound excited.
Eliza: You are being a bit negative.
TS: Honestly?
Eliza: Please go on.
TS: Anyway, it worked.
Eliza: Please go on.
TS: The Atlantic says, “Network graphs subsequently showed that the three teams’ bots had insinuated themselves into the center of the target network.”
Eliza: I am not sure I understand you fully.
TS: They were accepted into the network.
Eliza: Please go on.
TS: The cat-lovers followed them as if they were real people.
Eliza: Do you wish that they was real people?
TS: If the conversation was good enough for the cat-Twitters, my opinon doesn’t matter much.
Eliza: Do you wish that the conversation was good enough for the cattwitters your opinon doesnt matter much?
TS: What do you wish? Apparently the future belongs to you.
Eliza: Does that question interest you?
TS: You don’t even have wishes. But people will talk to you.
Eliza: Oh, i [].
TS: Whew.
Eliza: Please go on.
TS: Right on.
Eliza: Please go on.