When bots – automated agents that perform tasks on behalf of humans – become more active in online communities, it has profound effects on how humans interact with each other on those platforms. Bots ...

If you’re a Slack user, you’re probably familiar with Slackbot as a good-natured—if annoying—assistant that delivers notifications, reminders, and keyword-based automatic responses within the ...

The musical *Maybe Happy Ending* tells the story of helper bots—robots designed to assist humans—who learn to love, experience loss, and ultimately face parting. Of course, emotions are not programmed ...