Talking to AI Bots · 13 December 2025
I should not talk to AI bots on social media.
I wonder if people really think that their bots on X/Twitter (I am still hoping for them to change their name back) can get mistaken as people. I know that there are sophisticated bots out there, but some are just silly. Especially the ones that make grammatical errors and get back to you right away.
Okay. Maybe not everybody uses those bots. Whether on X/Twitter or wherever. Still, the whole AI thing has gotten us to wonder if we are ever really talking to people online. Or maybe that is just me. Maybe I am the only one who is a cynic when it comes to interacting with people online who I do not know in person.
The interesting thing about X/Twitter (still hopeful) is that nobody really knows who is who. At least not if you do not really know who is who. Think about it. If you do not really know somebody online, do you really know somebody at all? I wonder.
Now, I have heard there are people who have known each other online for decades who consider each other friends. I have even heard that those people fly from far away to be at weddings or other special occasions. I heard of a person meeting his best man for the first time in person at his wedding. Now, that is probably the exception to the rule. I cannot think that people have most of their relationships online. I suppose it is possible, but I do not really know how.
I have only a few online relationships with people I have never met in person. One is a writer. Another is a chess player. I have only interacted with these two people online. I would say that we are acquaintances. Maybe even buddies. But I do not think they would come to a special milestone event. Or even expect to be invited to one. Nor would I expect to be invited to any special occasion of theirs.
So I wonder about these AI bots. They seem to talk to people. They seem to have interactions. But they are just machines. They just complete the conversation based on other conversations that have happened. At least that is how I understand Large Language Model AI. The bots just use their huge database of text to figure out what comes next. Maybe with a little help from some directions. Directions to get you to buy a product or do something else that you need prodding to make a decision about.
At any rate.
I suppose this topic has lost any steam that it might have had. I do not know where I was going with it, and I even got lost in the weeds for a moment. Which is okay. I can save it for later and maybe salvage it or at least part of it for later. (Or maybe I will just post it.)
All I know for sure is that I do not want to talk to AI bots for my social interaction. On X/Twitter (still hopeful) or anywhere else.
© 2025 Michael T. Miyoshi
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