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'''Bots are robots which have no physical presence i.e. they exist purely on the internet. In their simplest form, a bot could be an algorithm which works autonomously on the web performing a desired function such as fetching data from one place | '''Bots are robots which have no physical presence i.e. they exist purely on the internet. In their simplest form, a bot could be an algorithm which works autonomously on the web performing a desired function such as fetching data from one place and bringing it to another.''' At their most complex, the are near fully autonomous and can drive cars or fly planes. | ||
As of yet, although rampant on the internet, (it is estimated that 64% of internet traffic are bots<ref>'''Japan's 2014 General Election: Political Bots, Right-Wing Internet Activism''', and Prime Minister Shinzō Abe's Hidden Nationalist Agenda. Schäfer, Fabian; Evert, Stefan; Heinrich. DOI: 10.1089/big.2017.0049. Journal: Big Data.https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/big.2017.0049</ref><ref>'''Adaptable link access in the bots-infested Internet'''. Journal: Computer Networks. Zhang, Yao; Wang, Xiaoyou; Perrig, Adrian; Zheng, Zhiming. DOI: 10.1016/j.comnet.2016.06.005. Journal of Computer Networks. Accessed on 30 November 2022 via: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1389128616301852</ref>) they have not been given legal status to operate independently in the physical world, this is why Elon Musk is having such difficulty in pushing through autonomous driving cars. | As of yet, although rampant on the internet, (it is estimated that 64% of internet traffic are bots<ref>'''Japan's 2014 General Election: Political Bots, Right-Wing Internet Activism''', and Prime Minister Shinzō Abe's Hidden Nationalist Agenda. Schäfer, Fabian; Evert, Stefan; Heinrich. DOI: 10.1089/big.2017.0049. Journal: Big Data.https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/big.2017.0049</ref><ref>'''Adaptable link access in the bots-infested Internet'''. Journal: Computer Networks. Zhang, Yao; Wang, Xiaoyou; Perrig, Adrian; Zheng, Zhiming. DOI: 10.1016/j.comnet.2016.06.005. Journal of Computer Networks. Accessed on 30 November 2022 via: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1389128616301852</ref>) they have not been given legal status to operate independently in the physical world, this is why Elon Musk is having such difficulty in pushing through autonomous driving cars. | ||