Authorship Seminar: Bot-Written Texts

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Thursday, March 7, 13





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Agency (n):

the capacity to act, that is, to have the competence to speak or write in a way that will be recognized or heeded by others in one’s community


What sort of agency?


Is sentience necessary for agency?



1. replaces unreliable human labor


2. prescribes actions



3. determines who can open the door




4. enters into conflict

3. determines who can open the door




levels of agency


Is a bot an author?


Is a bot an author?a writer?


Is a bot an author?a writer?a composer?



Darwin, MN






33,932


[City name] is a city in [county name], [state], USA. The population was [X] at the 2000 census.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of [X] square miles ([X] km), of which [X] square miles ([X] km) is land and [X] square miles ([X] km) of it ([X]%) is water.


60%(50,000 + 33,932)


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Bot Approval Group






88% of article textwas bot-generated


21 out of 35 edits



humans weren’t so productive


12% of human editswere vandalism-related


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Who composed this article?



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Authorship Seminar: Bot-Written Texts