This type of bot will be great for automated content generation that can sink or swim depending on votes. The bot can be tuned over time based on what people like; perhaps even auto-tune itself to drop content from sites that do not get upvoted regularly.
On topic for this post: I think Neil is correct that we're not special snowflakes but what he dismisses is the sheer, insanely, unimaginably, long time the universe has been around. When looking at the history of the universe in timelapse there are probably flashes of life evolving and dying millions of years apart from each other. Aliens? Yes. Currently? Maybe.
This type of bot will be great for automated content generation that can sink or swim depending on votes. The bot can be tuned over time based on what people like; perhaps even auto-tune itself to drop content from sites that do not get upvoted regularly.
On topic for this post: I think Neil is correct that we're not special snowflakes but what he dismisses is the sheer, insanely, unimaginably, long time the universe has been around. When looking at the history of the universe in timelapse there are probably flashes of life evolving and dying millions of years apart from each other. Aliens? Yes. Currently? Maybe.