Bots are only interesting when they aren’t expected to be consistently

useful or make money.

The current boom in interest in commercial bots is just another example of the Spectacle trying to look hip by consuming something that…

Bots are only interesting when they aren’t expected to be consistently useful or make money. The constraint of productivity saps away the only interesting thing about interacting with bots: serendipity.

The current boom in interest in commercial bots is just another example of the Spectacle trying to look hip by consuming something that can’t be effectively productized.

By John Ohno on April 25, 2016.

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