Is it so wrong to spend two hours a day chatting with bots? How about twelve?

Pessimists point to the fact that much use of the internet isn’t social in any meaningful sense.

A lot has been written about the extent to which robots now sound like people, and what that might mean, but less about the extent to which people now sound like robots. There is nothing particularly soulful or human about knowing how to say “stay in your lane” without risking your work reputation (for the curious: “Thanks for your input. I’ll kee

When we engage in a political debate with a computer impersonating a human, we lose twice. First, it is pointless for us to waste time in trying to change the opinions of a propaganda bot, which is just not open to persuasion. Second, the more we talk with the computer, the more we disclose about ourselves, thereby making it easier for the bot to h