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"NPC" and "bot" used to have different meanings. It'd be interesting if the terms converged. I believe that "bot" gained popularity around 2012, specifically i
by richbell 2y ago
"NPC" and "bot" used to have different meanings. It'd be interesting if the terms converged.
I believe that "bot" gained popularity around 2012, specifically in reference to influence campaigns on Twitter. If you accused someone of being a Russian bot, you were saying that they a) were a shill, and b) possibly not even human, in the literal sense.