Re: [FRIAM] Automated Pro-Trump Bots Overwhelmed Pro-Clinton Messages, Researchers Say

Steve writes: "I'd be interested in more detail on this concept as you reference it. In an early form, one might: 1) Take fact checking websites like WaPost's and encode the claims in a language

Re: [FRIAM] Automated Pro-Trump Bots Overwhelmed Pro-Clinton Messages, Researchers Say

Joe - I tried to read the original article, but it seems I've exceeded my 10 free articles for the month and need to sign up for a subscription. I'm literally holding my $6.00 paper copy of today's NYT of course... and they don't OFFER home delivery where I live (I've tried, they always

Re: [FRIAM] Automated Pro-Trump Bots Overwhelmed Pro-Clinton Messages, Researchers Say

The technical part seems reasonable. I certainly like the idea of open source databases. The "by law" part is unrealistic, unless you can find a way to tie it into large tax breaks for the top 0.01%. Facebook/Twitter/etc. *could* do something like that, if they wanted to put resources on

Re: [FRIAM] Automated Pro-Trump Bots Overwhelmed Pro-Clinton Messages, Researchers Say

Another approach might be to have signature based scanning, kind of like virus scanners or SPAM filters. One might imagine using natural language processing to normalize tweet or Facebook excerpts into the same `meme' object, and then require Twitter, Facebook, etc. by law to highlight those

Re: [FRIAM] Automated Pro-Trump Bots Overwhelmed Pro-Clinton Messages, Researchers Say

Not sure that is possible. But I would be happy with identifying and responding in real time.. Not thrilled to think the elections here and elsewhere are swayed by automated misinformation.. Joe On 11/20/16 12:49 PM, Marcus Daniels wrote: "[..] with a bit of [artificial] intelligence

Re: [FRIAM] Automated Pro-Trump Bots Overwhelmed Pro-Clinton Messages, Researchers Say

"[..] with a bit of [artificial] intelligence and rudimentary communication skills" Right tool for that job.. But how do you build an army of bots that can enlighten instead of just confuse? Marcus From: Friam on behalf of Joe

[FRIAM] Automated Pro-Trump Bots Overwhelmed Pro-Clinton Messages, Researchers Say

For discussion ??: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/18/technology/automated-pro-trump-bots-overwhelmed-pro-clinton-messages-researchers-say.html -- Joe FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St.