Can someone help me understand what it means to be a "bot"? I've been on the internet for a long time. Like 90s long time. To *me* a bot is an automated script. It can't think. It can't respond to different things in different ways depending on the input/situation. When I hear "its a bot" I think of a program that poses as ab account to like..spam post the same thing or something. It can't *interact*. I've gotten really confused with all the constant talk of bots. Are they able to just full on chat with people now? Or is it kind of like "troll" which has lost its meaning now too as people tend to use it for someone they disagree with. I'm confused 😕

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