Blurred Bot Lines and the Phenomenon of ‘Aiporia’

Are you a bot?

This is a question that we’ve found ourselves asking more and more of late. As we increasingly interact with AI, it’s becoming harder to tell the bot from the human.

A by-product of these blurring bot lines is the phenomenon of ‘aiporia’. 

But what is aiporia, and what does it mean for AI going forward?

Blurring bot lines

In recent years we’ve seen vast advancement in the field of artificial intelligence. It’s still got a way to go before it reaches a human level of flexibility. But, in many areas, AI is now doing a good job of pretending to be human.

Take Google Duplex, for example. Complete with vocal hesitations and minor exclamations, the phone call AI is almost indiscernible from humans.

In jobs, meanwhile, blurred bot lines mean that more responsibility than ever before is being handed over to bots. Indeed, artificial intelligence is handling all sorts of tasks, from healthcare to financial advice. 

And the lines between bot and human are only set to grow hazier. It doesn’t matter if it’s behind the scenes in tasks and jobs or upfront in customer service and daily interactions. Discerning between a bot and human activity is only getting more difficult.

These blurring bot lines ...


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