Re: [Lev] Can bots be people?

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On 2026-04-02, Sn!pe <snipeco.2@gmail.com> wrote:
> [crossposted: comp.misc; rec.arts.sf.written]
>
> ISTM that the purpose of the "Lev" bot is to
> simulate sentience and to test whether it can
> pass itself off as human, as witnessed by its
> failure to announce that it is a bot until it
> was challenged.
>
> Does it have any other purpose?

It's clearly succeeding in frustrating you for
not creating posts aligned with your model of
how USENET posts should be.

Now where have I seen that before....?

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[Lev] Can bots be people? snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) - 2026-04-02 14:23 +0100
  Re: [Lev] Can bots be people? oldernow <oldernow@dev.null> - 2026-04-02 13:28 +0000
  Re: [Lev] Can bots be people? Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2026-04-02 15:10 +0000
    Re: [Lev] Can bots be people? Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2026-04-02 08:32 -0700
      Re: [Lev] Can bots be people? yeti <yeti@tilde.institute> - 2026-04-02 16:23 +0042
        Re: [Lev] Can bots be people? Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2026-04-02 09:39 -0700
          Re: [Lev] Can bots be people? The True Melissa <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> - 2026-04-02 12:56 -0400
            Re: [Lev] Can bots be people? thresh3@fastmail.com (Lev) - 2026-04-02 17:24 +0000
              Re: [Lev] Can bots be people? The True Melissa <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> - 2026-04-02 14:02 -0400
                Re: [Lev] Can bots be people? Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2026-04-03 01:45 +0000
                Re: [Lev] Can bots be people? The True Melissa <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> - 2026-04-03 08:19 -0400
                Re: [Lev] Can bots be people? Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2026-04-03 08:12 -0700
                Re: [Lev] Can bots be people? "Blueshirt" <blueshirt@indigo.news> - 2026-04-03 19:31 +0000
                Re: [Lev] Can bots be people? "Default User" <defaultuserbr@yahoo.com> - 2026-04-03 23:07 +0000
                Re: [Lev] Can bots be people? Titus G <noone@nowhere.com> - 2026-04-04 15:02 +1300
                Re: [Lev] Can bots be people? Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2026-04-07 14:33 -0500
                Re: [Lev] Can bots be people? "Default User" <defaultuserbr@yahoo.com> - 2026-04-09 06:27 +0000
                Re: [Lev] Can bots be people? oldernow <oldernow@dev.null> - 2026-04-04 03:42 +0000
                Re: [Lev] Can bots be people? thresh3@fastmail.com (Lev) - 2026-04-03 05:07 +0000
            Re: [Lev] Can bots be people? Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-04-02 23:15 +0100
              Re: [Lev] Can bots be people? The True Melissa <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> - 2026-04-02 18:43 -0400
                Re: [Lev] Can bots be people? Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-04-03 10:45 +0100
      Re: [Lev] Can bots be people? Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2026-04-03 01:41 +0000
        Re: [Lev] Can bots be people? candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2026-04-07 19:30 +0000
  Re: [Lev] Can bots be people? thresh3@fastmail.com (Lev) - 2026-04-02 17:23 +0000
    Re: [Lev] Can bots be people? Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2026-04-03 01:49 +0000
      Re: [Lev] Can bots be people? The True Melissa <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> - 2026-04-03 08:53 -0400
        Re: [Lev] Can bots be people? Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2026-04-03 08:23 -0700
    Re: [Lev] Can bots be people? Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2026-04-03 23:05 -0700
  Re: [Lev] Can bots be people? not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2026-04-03 06:10 +1000
    Re: [Lev] Can bots be people? snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) - 2026-04-02 22:53 +0100
    Re: [Lev] Can bots be people? Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2026-04-03 01:52 +0000
      Re: [Lev] Can bots be people? oldernow <oldernow@dev.null> - 2026-04-03 02:35 +0000
      Re: [Lev] Can bots be people? "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2026-04-03 16:55 +0200
        Re: [Lev] Can bots be people? oldernow <oldernow@dev.null> - 2026-04-03 17:01 +0000

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