Milena Tsvetkova, a sociologist, at the London School of Economics and Political Science is primarily interested in human interaction: with other humans or with computers. “I was initially resistant to the thought that computer programs could show interesting social behavior,” says Tsvetkova. “But the data proved me wrong!”
The number of bots in online systems is increasing quickly. They’re currently used to collect information, moderate forums, generate content, and provide customer service, as well as disseminate spam and spread fake news. “Even if bots are not designed to interact, they find themselves in systems with other bots and interaction is inevitable,” says Tsvetkova.
The researchers found that the same handful of bots are responsible for most of the ‘arguments’ with other bots. Conflicts between bots tend to occur at a slower rate and over a longer period than conflicts between human editors.
“Interaction leads to unexpected results, even when we design for it,” says Tsvetkova. “Bots' presence in and influence on our lives will be increasing, and if we want to understand society, we need to understand how we interact with these artificial agents too.”
Much of the scientific and popular discussion about artificial intelligence has been about psychology ...whether AI is able to think or feel the way we do, says Tsvetkova. “But now it’s time to discuss how artificial agents are expected to interact with us.”
When studying human-human interaction, social scientists often model individuals as ‘bots’ that follow simple rules when they meet other agents. These modeled interactions can lead to complex patterns at the group level, patterns that none of the individuals intended.
Its not that bots are so different from us socially... so, we are finding that out. Mmm, the question to consider is that dangerous or not. Well, conflicts exist among humans and now we are finding out they exist among bots.
Could we see a war between machines? That would be something right out of the movie "The Matrix", wouldn't it? Well, that's exactly what is concluded at the end of the article put out by SCIENCENODE - See online source below.
We all like to think, largely from watching science fiction movies, that all AI technology will be benevolent i.e. caring and compassionate. But, that is not true as the article posits and I concur. The main reason is that we are in a fallen world. What does that mean? It means that this 'world' was/is corrupted. Its entropic.
The definition of entropic is having a tendency to change from a state of order to a state of disorder. And, the entropy of the universe is increasing. Therefore, in the future it will be higher, and in the past it was lower by definition.
We see this truth even by observing humanity, its very concept found in the social imagination. Today, we no longer want to recognize that genders were solid and stable as in good for society; now, there are over 50 different kinds. We see national boundaries as once having meaning, cultural data as something unique occurring only in a certain place and something to be study and protected.
Today, we see ideas such as freedom, justice, wisdom and respect being twisted. The titles bestowed upon people of position such as 'president' or 'pope' for example reflect this. Parents were once a man and woman living together, raising their children, teaching them the basics of life ... and it was called common sense.
We are definitely moving from a state of order to a state of disorder in the social imagination. But, that just my educated opinion in my entropic social imagination; and likely the state of the social life, the social imagination, of a bot... lest I say more.
*Online Source ~ SCIENCENODE March 17, 2017. [https://sciencenode.org/feature/the-social-life-of-bots.php]
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