The Raise of the Robots in Virtual Worlds: A Comparison and a Framework for Investigating Bots in Social Networks Sites and MMOGs

Paoli, Stefano De

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-22041-3_2

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“…With this also came the need for users to tell chatbots apart from possible human dates. 14 This is to say that future inquiries will need to expand the study of OTTs to other platforms and other Social Media contexts, with also a focus on building comparative research on bots among different platforms (De Paoli, 2016). Furthermore, since this article has demonstrated that in MMORPGs both algorithmic and players’ OTTs, present more similarities than differences, further research is needed to inquiry on whether these similarities are present in other types of Social Media and platforms, for example, Social Network Websites.…”

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Not All the Bots Are Created Equal: The Ordering Turing Test for the Labeling of Bots in MMORPGs

Paoli

2017

Social Media + Society

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This article contributes to the research on bots in Social Media. It takes as its starting point an emerging perspective which proposes that we should abandon the investigation of the Turing Test and the functional aspects of bots in favor of studying the authentic and cooperative relationship between humans and bots. Contrary to this view, this article argues that Turing Tests are one of the ways in which authentic relationships between humans and bots take place. To understand this, this article introduces the concept of Ordering Turing Tests: these are sort of Turing Tests proposed by social actors for purposes of achieving social order when bots produce deviant behavior. An Ordering Turing Test is method for labeling deviance, whereby social actors can use this test to tell apart rule-abiding humans and rule-breaking bots. Using examples from Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games, this article illustrates how Ordering Turing Tests are proposed and justified by players and service providers. Data for the research comes from scientific literature on Machine Learning proposed for the identification of bots and from game forums and other player produced paratexts from the case study of the game Runescape.

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Not All the Bots Are Created Equal: The Ordering Turing Test for the Labeling of Bots in MMORPGs

Paoli

2017

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“…Therefore, a challenge for bot makers is to develop software that can act in and through the virtual environment in a possible human-like way. This could entail the inclusion of random communication functions, variations in the path of movements, or the ability to make mistakes in a way that emulates human behaviour (De Paoli, 2016). MMOGs bots are hence a very basic form of AI in the way this could be defined by the Turing Test (Turing, 1950) as -via the meditation of the game avatar -there is a tendency to make their external behaviour appear human.…”

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Is a Technological Singularity Near Also for Bots in MMOGs?

Paoli

2015

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Using the idea of the Technological Singularity this essay offers some reflections on the possible future of bots in Massively Multiplayer Online Games (MMOGs). The paper starts by briefly introducing the notion of Technological Singularity as the advent of a super-intelligent Artificial Intelligence that could threaten human existence. Bots are computer programs that automate repetitive and time consuming activities for the Internet user. In MMOGs, bots are often used to cheat and could have nefarious effects on the gameplay. Assuming that bots are rudimentary forms of Artificial Intelligence that also pose a threat to MMOGs and their players, the paper presents some evidence-based trends of the future evolution of bots and the implications of these for Virtual Worlds research.

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Alles Bots?

Muhle

2020

Soziale Medien

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The Raise of the Robots in Virtual Worlds: A Comparison and a Framework for Investigating Bots in Social Networks Sites and MMOGs

Cited by 3 publications

References 17 publications

Not All the Bots Are Created Equal: The Ordering Turing Test for the Labeling of Bots in MMORPGs

Not All the Bots Are Created Equal: The Ordering Turing Test for the Labeling of Bots in MMORPGs

Is a Technological Singularity Near Also for Bots in MMOGs?

Alles Bots?

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