bots

also referred to as: bot

6 statements across 6 episodes · 2 bullish · 3 bearish · 6 people on the record · first statement Sep 5, 2024 by Ben Plummer · across every show →

Everything said about bots, oldest first

Sep 5, 2024 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Plummer: Top investment fund requires committee members to query AI bots
“There's one example where before going to an investment committee, each member of that investment committee actually has to engage with a bot and, Ask its questions and go through the verification processes as part of their overall investment committee decisio…”
Ben Plummer Sep 5, 2024 ▶ 11:35 How AI Will Improve Business Efficiency and Productivity In the Workplace – With Ben Plummer
Mar 31, 2025
Assertion Supported
Tytunovich: Bots Make Up 30% to 50% of Internet Traffic
“Essentially those bots back then and still today are between 30 to 50% of the internet population.”
Guy Tytunovich Mar 31, 2025 ▶ 1:10 The Secret Problem With AI Agents and How To Solve It — With Guy Tytunovich
May 14, 2025 negative
Insight
Bender: AI Bots Cannot Have Judgment or Accountability
“A bot is not the kind of thing that can have judgment, nor is it the kind of thing that can have accountability for exercising judgment.”
Emily M. Bender May 14, 2025 ▶ 34:08 AI’s Drawbacks: Environmental Damage, Bad Benchmarks, Outsourcing Thinking
Feb 25, 2026 negative
Insight
Pollan: Chatbots Strip Away the Subtleties of Real Human Conversation
“When you have a conversation with a bot or a computer in general, you are reducing or simplifying your notion of what a conversation is. You're leaving out what's going on between us right now, which is acknowledgement, Skepticism, body language all the subtle…”
Michael Pollan Feb 25, 2026 ▶ 12:20 Can AI Become Conscious? — With Michael Pollan
May 13, 2026 negative
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Stern: People Will Talk to AI More Than Their Own Families
“I'm sure we're going to start seeing that people are talking to these bots far more than actual human colleagues and far more than their families and their significant others at some point.”
Joanna Stern May 13, 2026 ▶ 29:14 The Allure of AI Love + Does Anyone Want AI Wearables? — With Joanna Stern
Sep 11, 2026 positive
Opinion
Bates: Companies are already prepared to handle consumer bot swarms
“As you think about in many, many ways, I mean, people have been combating bots that are, you know, coming in and just swarming social media networks just to kind of make sure they get enough click throughs and so on. So I think companies are ready for that, th…”
Tony Bates Sep 11, 2026 ▶ 15:49 Is The Future Customer Experience AI Talking To AI? — With Tony Bates
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