#NowPlayThis looks amazing. Between that and #botsummit, ya'll doing a good job about making California look less cool than the UK. Antonio Roberts hellocatfood
Semi-seriously considering doing the @GraphicScoreBot performance at Botsummit on a tiny piano instead of all the synths I was planning. Hmm BooDoo BooDooPerson
this is the pitch, opening slide, and entirety of my #botSUMMIT talk Alper Çuğun alper
PS botmakers: #botsummit was one of the most inspiring things I ever went to. I met many, many wonderful people. If you can go, then GO. Esther Seyffarth ojahnn
"The Bot Summit is where botmakers discuss the art and craft of making software bots" https://t.co/cwdCfugB5r ...note Google Hangouts option Tully Hansen tullyhansen
Nice to see that @irccloud is still alive. Will be using it for #botsummit tomorrow because I don’t seem to have a working irssi config 😳 BooDoo BooDooPerson
Should ship a new bot tonight, before #botSUMMIT tomorrow. Still need to come up with a name. And @campster already took "Errant Signal." Low-energy @deathmtn deathmtn
I couldn't finish my bot before botsummit but that's fine. I'll work on it more when I get back from london, I'm still excited abt it BooDoo BooDooPerson
Oh joy, rail replacement buses to London. +2 hours to my journey to the #botsummit . Someone better buy me a drink when I get there... Matt Webb genmon
@tinysubversions my pal sadly can’t make it any more to #botsummit later so I have a spare ticket in case anyone is looking for one? emma winston deer_ful
Hideous pre-#botsummit realisation: the Chrome version of C64 SID isn't tuned to concert pitch. -___- computer on standby Charlotteis
@alexrussellsaw it is #botsummit which Slack are sponsoring but not a slack dev meetup Tully Hansen tullyhansen
@chrisrodley 1:30am tonight (technically Sunday) through I think 6:30am. We’ll be on #botsummit I think on Freenode IRC. Helen Hester HelenHester
Talking at Bot Summit 2016 this afternoon! It's live at the V&A, & online via Google Hangouts. Details of line up: https://t.co/PFuQ0mivLv Memo Akten memotv
2nd show 👌. no one set on 🔥. Sad to be missing #botsummit@V_and_A but last night of our own AI-driven+inspired show https://t.co/oGtUaGJc6Z emma winston deer_ful
On my way to #botsummit at @V_and_A, where I'm going to be cosplaying as "someone who knows what he's talking about" https://t.co/vxF8anYOLI Michael Cook mtrc
#botSUMMIT eve is like new Apple announcement eve used to be for me, which itself usurped Christmas as my most excitable night of the year. emma winston deer_ful
I am speaking at Bot Summit 2016 this afternoon! It's live at the V&A and online via Google Hangouts. Details: https://t.co/23V5O3Xoy0 emma winston deer_ful
come to the Falconry tapestry horse genitalia in next 9 minutes if u want an ass kicking #botsummit https://t.co/uV5UGZu1qV Boldport boldport
At #botsummit at the V&A. 10 minutes to start. https://t.co/pGvtPWA5wg Tully Hansen tullyhansen
If you're reading this and are at botsummit you can probably see me 💀 Brett O'Lognner logoninternet
I may be livetweeting #botSummit stuff on this account starting in the next 20 mins if I get super excited. :D Fair warning, followers. Tully Hansen tullyhansen
@tinysubversions did you want a CoC link in the channel? There’s one on #botally but not on #botsummit Tully Hansen tullyhansen
Good luck to everyone at the V&A’s #botsummit. I hope you manage to hammer out a solution to the problem. Future generations will thank you. ReframedLive ReframedLive
done yelling at the prime minister and eating ice cream so now it's time to go learn more about telling robots what to say #botsummit Alex J. Champandard alexjc
Looks like I will make the start after all ;-) Also hanging out in a text-mode Slack channel: https://t.co/5rLV1COduK BooDoo BooDooPerson
Hey @botego, you "design bots for Fortune 500 companies". Would be great to see you as a participant (or better: sponsor) of #botsummit. Tully Hansen tullyhansen
First BotSummit speaker is covering digital collections at V&A, first stop: Cybernetic Serendipity! squeeee! https://t.co/CexbM2lQxM Caffeine Jones M_Fkill
Frieder Nake taught a class I had in school, introduced me to the idea of generated poetry when I was 16 #botsummit https://t.co/1xQYojWLnP AbandonNormalDevices ANDfestival
.@DoddsDouglas connecting media histories through a mini tour of the @V_and_A 's computer art collection #botsummit Tully Hansen tullyhansen
#botsummit with @v21:
roughly A THOUSAND cheapbotsdonequick bots have been active!! Star Simpson starsandrobots
#BotSummit speaker @v21 just got upstaged by the museum's PA robot, informing us in an automated voice that the museum is closing. Ha! Robbie V RobertVinluan
Important when creating a tool: don't make someone start from a blank page (@v21 passing along @GalaxyKate's excellent advice) #botSUMMIT sara huws sara_huws
turing complete user (solving problems in their own way, not how you expect)
from george buckenham (orig src?)
#botsummit Brett O'Lognner logoninternet
"I try to make a bot that tweets something that surprises me" @v21 at #botsummit BotWatch TheBotWatch
Big ❤️ to my friends at #botsummit. I'm out with the family today & can't watch live.
Looking forward to the video. https://t.co/CvzcmPOLNu Alper Çuğun alper
.@v21 hints at what skills may come in handy when creating bots: "Poets are better botmakers than programmers." #botsummit BooDoo BooDooPerson
At #botsummit,@ojahnn notes how many bots (prize-winning) sound the same, as if based on a common, mysterious "default human being." Esther Seyffarth ojahnn
[There's no] Loebner Prize that focuses on a different language than English... But why not? - @ojahnn#botsummit Tully Hansen tullyhansen
I'm almost crying partly because I'm tired but partly because #botsummit is so incredible Alper Çuğun alper
I do think that using vernacular and colourful language is the most advanced part of language acquisition for humans and bots. #botsummit BooDoo BooDooPerson
"@wikisext could be said to be from The Book of twitter bots" [where "The Book" refers to God's transfinite tome of divine beauty]#botSUMMIT Tully Hansen tullyhansen
making AI like humans is like "staying up late with your parents ... the second you misbehave, you get sent to bed." - @mtrc#botsummit soren roomthily
once bot asks to be treated like a human, it plays by different set of rules (ppl want to believe intentionality)
- michael cook
#botsummit BooDoo BooDooPerson
"Next time you try to make a bot as human as possible, maybe take a different tack entirely." -@mtrc, "Don't be human" #botSUMMIT Eben Howard DrRoguelike
People "want to believe in AI, but they are also very easily heartbroken." @mtrc wants creators to consider that when making bots #botsummit Innes MᶜKendrick innesmck
"bots pretending to be human are agreeing to a set of rules they cannot possibly live up to" - @mtrc saying smart stuff at #botsummit :) computer on standby Charlotteis
Great points by @mtrc about bots pretending to be human, raising expectations and being able to follow-up on the implications! #botsummit Tully Hansen tullyhansen
@alper It's probably not ethical to make a bot that responds to people with swearing (which in some languages can be an art). #botsummit Brett O'Lognner logoninternet
One point from @mtrc's talk is to not make bots pretend they are human. I think that is an approach that limits us both. #botsummit Antonio Roberts hellocatfood
.@helenhester talking about why viruak assistants are assigned a female gender #botsummit https://t.co/RlugMt60sr blank thricedotted
ok like 15 seconds into @HelenHester's talk "i'd rather be an iphone than a woman" i can already tell i am ALL ABOUT THIS #botsummit lvl 1 Rambler SwartzCr
Digital assistants are often given the personalities of wives, mothers and secretaries #botsummit Brett O'Lognner logoninternet
.@HelenHester comparing early ideas of computer assistants (professor's researcher) to what we have now (the professors mother). #botsummit Miyanda Nehwati jacarandachick
A really important labour analysis of digital assistants by @HelenHester starting off with the Apple Knowledge Navigator. #botsummit Corinna Gardner always__curious
Emotional tasks outsourced to technology. Mother, wife, secretary. Oft overlooked genealogy of Siri, Cortana, + @HelenHester#botsummit John O'Shea _johnoshea
"A woman's work is never done" #botsummit https://t.co/mCDNlRMJoG BooDoo BooDooPerson
"Many elements of house work & care work have not been technologized, they've just been moved onto the shoulders of other people" #botSUMMIT BooDoo BooDooPerson
"When the Knowledge Naviogator issues a reminder, it's helpful work. When my mother issues a reminder, it's annoying nagging" #botSUMMIT BooDoo BooDooPerson
"this work was culturally invisible until machines took it over" #botSUMMIT Kelly Campbell kacphl
"second shift work" - the work being delegated to our ai - is similar to the work (once) relegated to women #botsummit Kate Compton GalaxyKate
"this work was culturally invisible until machines took it over"
We respect machines work more than women's.
@helenhester at #botsummit Brett O'Lognner logoninternet
seems to be saying these skills were once considered invisible, and are reinforced as staying invisible by gendering of ai #botsummit francisco fuok ffuok
i'm making a new bot today and i guess it wasn't because #botsummit is happening but maybe now it is Star Simpson starsandrobots
from @HelenHester's talk at #botsummit, the idea that emotional labor continues to be invisible *precisely because* it can't be automated Brett O'Lognner logoninternet
a bot is a fundamentally humanish thing
- martin o'leary (@mewo2)
#botsummit Alper Çuğun alper
.@HelenHester references @ibogost's hyperemployment as a rebranding of the relational work that used to be done by women. #botsummit Esther Seyffarth ojahnn
"The audience should never forget they are in a theatre" Brecht quote in @mewo2's talk #botsummit BotWatch TheBotWatch
Taking from Brecht, "the audience should never forget they are interacting with a machine." - @mewo2#botsummit soren roomthily
the audience should never forget they're interacting with a machine
- martin o'leary dropping b. brecht
#botsummit rahel aima cnqmdi
like brecht, i too have great glasses and a terrible haircut #botsummit BooDoo BooDooPerson
As relief to all, "making Epic bots" in this talk title refers to Brechtian's "Epic Theatre" as opopsed to say, "Epic win" #botSUMMIT Antonio Roberts hellocatfood
Brecht (so boring…) has a good point via @mewo2: “The audience should never forget they are interacting with a machine.” #botsummit Eben Howard DrRoguelike
should all bots be fourth wall breaking?
Dead Pool is the best form of art?
thoughts driven by #botsummit gameconfs gameconfs
#botsummit is weird cos everyone I follow is here, all the Twitter avatars in my feed inflated and become 3D like meaty balloons with legs out of puns alsothings
.@mewo2's idea of making the workings of a bot obvious to the reader is fascinating and clearly related to ideas of accessibility #botsummit Stefan Hayden StefanHayden
"@TwoHeadlines has told the same joke twenty thousand times" #botsummit soren roomthily
repetition exposes the underlying structure
- on jokes told 20K times via bots, martin o'leary
#botsummit Tyler Types⌨ TylerCallich
It's nice to hear people express things I've thought but in much more coherent/articulate ways #botsummit Esther Seyffarth ojahnn
All the examples that @mewo2 is using to demonstrate theatrical concepts are 100% spot-on #botsummit K. E. MacNeill kemacneill
Currently following #botsummit while marking first year papers on Atwood's 'Oryx and Crake.' These things are not entirely unrelated. Eben Howard DrRoguelike
spoilers, acceptable?
#botsummit John O'Shea _johnoshea
#botsummit Q. While everyone's around campfire, anyone gonna own up to @RedScareBot? (One of first "twitterbots" I encountered around 2009.) Esther Seyffarth ojahnn
"No one can say 'I don't speak English'. These aren't the actual words from the census." @mewo2 talking about historicization #botsummit BooDoo BooDooPerson
"A set of techniques which promote a realistic view of bots and a bot-like view of reality"―@mewo2's closing slide/call-to-action #botSUMMIT Johnathan Pagnutti jag_pag
#botsummit just went on break to set up for bot music, but its been pretty great so far! Alper Çuğun alper
Lots of examples by @mewo2 of Brechtian digital technology that's more focused on enlightenment than on entertainment. #botsummit Casey Kolderup ckolderup
Or as @mewo2 put it eloquently: "A set of techniques which promote a realistic view of bots and a bot-like view of reality." #botsummit Tully Hansen tullyhansen
A few #Botsummit folks have suggested generating the scores in real-time which I tried/failed to do so any suggestions EXTREMELY welcome <3 Andreas Bülhoff abue_io
There's this common set of ideas in all our talks, and it's great to be inspired to think about these things from so many POVs #botsummit Esther Seyffarth ojahnn
"Why can't we build a robot with as much personality as Tom Waits?" #botSUMMIT asks the tough questions. Michael Cook mtrc
Couple of other #botsummit thoughts on the way home: yesterday I went to a games event and kinda followed the beardy teens to find the event c h r i s t a _hartsick
I got to the V&A today and really felt like anyone walking around the museum might be here for #botsummit. It's such a cool community. Esther Seyffarth ojahnn
There's nothing wrong with beardy teens (hi) and the event in question is more diverse than ever these days, but #botsummit is ultra-rad. Jacob Garbe logodaedalus
Hey #botsummit, u got any favourite feminized bots? Giving a performance on Tues in which I'm ventriloquizing femmebots & I'm looking 4 more Esther Seyffarth ojahnn
Stock photos are not accurate representations of journalism bots (or anything, actually) #botsummit https://t.co/xFQEp3Yggk BooDoo BooDooPerson
My talk on putting personality into robots is getting @'s from strangers saying they have fallen in love with the given example #BotSummit bob bobpoekert
Talk about earnings report article generators conspicuously avoiding mentioning SEO #BotSummit bob bobpoekert
Journalists can use bots to receive alerts, deliver news, generate data-heavy stories - @ArianaNGiorgi on journalism & bots #botsummit Kate Compton GalaxyKate
how do i get a job that will enable me to go to #botsummit ?? how do i go?? BooDoo BooDooPerson
"If you're ever in Brooklyn, just come by. [live version of @TVCommentBot]'s in my house & you can watch it for hours and hours." #botSUMMIT Star Simpson starsandrobots
Speaking at #BotSummit — super fun. Great sized room & very enthusiastic & engaged audience at a great venue! (Also, 100% Tom Waits fans??) Esther Seyffarth ojahnn
.@DavidLublin is saying that generating inaccurate comments for TV stills is more interesting than making correct ones #botsummit Charles Webster MD ⎌ wareFLO
@GalaxyKate some1 I follow mentioned #BotSummit, monitoring that, saw tweet re drumbot, googled, found your website, shared video (I think) Esther Seyffarth ojahnn
.@DavidLublin talking about the need to moderate @TVCommentBot in order to avoid ethical problems and not make fun of tragic news #botsummit Alper Çuğun alper
Oddly no mention of ELIZA yet (right?) at #botsummit though many have talked about the qualities people ascribe to even the simplest bots. Helen Hester HelenHester
The slides from Star Simpson's (very engaging) 'Lessons in affect from physical bots': https://t.co/akK6K7kcCA
#botsummit BooDoo BooDooPerson
#BotSummit reminds me of qualities I loved in the early web. Weird stuff you can't believe anyone else cares about, and yet here we all are. Esther Seyffarth ojahnn
I think @DavidLublin is quoting someone arguing that not even humans are as human as some people want bots to be #botsummit noise ↔ signal davidwolinsky
@DavidLublin The video feed for #botsummit was blurry -- what's the book called that you referenced in your talk, with regard to Eliza? BooDoo BooDooPerson
#botSUMMIT discussion about bot saying something you wouldn't say. Context matters. @GCatPix is my only bot I'll let "n bombs" through. Alper Çuğun alper
having a lot of sympathy for @DavidLublin's intricate moderation dilemmas... CBDQ throws up a lotta similar problems. #botsummit Kate Compton GalaxyKate
Cat is helping me take notes on #botsummit https://t.co/cEhKN36wmd BooDoo BooDooPerson
#botSUMMIT and now we're onto my favorite @TVCommentBot mode: The Erotic Fiction Weather Forecast. ☰ colin mitchell ☰ muffinista
like... a bot that says just variants on "[x] is gay". i was gonna stop it, but it seemed to be made by [x]. *shrug* #botsummit Neal Stimler nealstimler
"The inventor can no longer understand their own machine" #botsummit Tyler Types⌨ TylerCallich
Kathryne and I are going to see the Pew Pew Pew Movie: Episode VII now. Looking forward to catching up on botSUMMIT tomorrow!! Tully Hansen tullyhansen
liking this trend of botmakers getting advanced, getting interactive and improvisational, inhabiting real spaces & installations #botsummit George Buckenham v21
i think all the "hey, let's work together on this" conversations i've heard/been in are about not-quite-bots #botsummit Esther Seyffarth ojahnn
We're attached to consciousness, to the self. How we think about AI is how we think about consciousness... @erocdrahs#botsummit Esther Seyffarth ojahnn
Slides by @erocdrahs so far have had an alarming number of rotating brains on them #botsummit https://t.co/zAbFTwWgDy BotWatch TheBotWatch
We never really know what it's like to be a bat... the same holds true for a bot. @erocdrahs#botsummit katie rose katierosepipkin
botsummit has been really wonderful! i'm v excited to be here. i'm talking about folk practice and futures soon - https://t.co/pjvmTmPFEV Esther Seyffarth ojahnn
it's weird listening to Eric Drass underestimate the complexity of human thought and overestimate the ability of math processing #botsummit BooDoo BooDooPerson
#botSUMMIT I know it's an interesting story, but please, please stop identifying the owner of that ebooks bot who was visited by the police. Alex Hern alexhern
Wow, random darknet shopper is a scary bot. #botsummit BooDoo BooDooPerson
#botSUMMIT they do not like having that come up over and over again, and also all kinds of contemporary identifying details are not accurate Sqand Unchainedχ digitalsqand
All this botsummit talk has made me realize that I think continuity is what I feel is most notably absent from my and others' Twitter bots. Luckey Shark crcdng
Are we responsible for what our bots say? @erocdrahs cites Random Darknet Shopper's illegal purchases & threat fr @jvdgoot's bot #botsummit Nick NickisNixed
it's wonderful serendipity that #botsummit is happening right as i'm writing a paper on robots, AI, generative art and consciousness BotWatch TheBotWatch
A beautiful closing of #botsummit by @katierosepipkin about taking up making bots as a folk art both personally and as a wider thing. Brendan bcjbcjbcj
#botSUMMIT was amazing to watch, good work everyone involved Jason Ronallo ronallo
#botsummit has me inspired to get my next art bot finished after fits and starts working on it. Anyone point to a good spherize algorithm? Neal Stimler nealstimler
So jealous of everyone attending or watching #botsummit right now. Can't wait to watch the video when it's ready! 🤖 Casey Kolderup ckolderup
Thanks to all the people who contributed to the #botsummit crowdfunding campaign. The whole event was SO awesome and creatively energizing. noise ↔ signal davidwolinsky
Thank you all involved with #botsummit things and prepping and traveling and talking and sharing. An enjoyable afternoon of thinky stuff! BooDoo BooDooPerson
What an amazing run of talks for #botSUMMIT! Now back to bot-making reality: blindly fumbling with video codecs until twitter accepts them. born unto trouble asthesparksfly