vincentML -> RE: FBI DIRECTOR COMEY CONFIRMS INVESTIGATION INTO TRUMP CAMPAIGN (3/21/2017 7:23:39 PM)
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ORIGINAL: BoscoX They live in a fantasy world No, the fantasy world is the time and effort they are spending looking at bots that flooded the social media with either false news stories, as in pizzagate, or stories with false statements, all because when Trump dropped in polls, the amount of derogatory information and false stories increased (or so some claim.) I have written bots for IRC boards, and the more 'intelligent' the bot is, the more resources it takes on the parent system. So, it seems to me that IF this is actually the case, the bots had to be running from a main frame or in the very least a mini, and they would leave a trail. Then, according to the report I read, the bots were posting to social media. That seems a bit farfetched. It may seem farfetched but the claim is being taken seriously by the FBI. SAN FRANCISCO — An automated army of pro-Donald J. Trump chatbots overwhelmed similar programs supporting Hillary Clinton five to one in the days leading up to the presidential election, according to a report published Thursday by researchers at Oxford University. The chatbots — basic software programs with a bit of artificial intelligence and rudimentary communication skills — would send messages on Twitter based on a topic, usually defined on the social network by a word preceded by a hashtag symbol, like #Clinton. Their purpose: to rant, confuse people on facts, or simply muddy discussions, said Philip N. Howard, a sociologist at the Oxford Internet Institute and one of the authors of the report. If you were looking for a real debate of the issues, you weren’t going to find it with a chatbot. “They’re yelling fools,” Dr. Howard said. “And a lot of what they pass around is false news.” SOURCE
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