Price Of A Bot Army Revealed

[Skhilled]

Price of a bot army revealed across hundreds of online platforms

Introducing the Cambridge Online Trust and Safety Index

https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/price-bot-army-global-index

[Bigguy]

What is a bot army....maybe I have been gone to long, lol. 

[Skhilled]

Google, MS, FB, etc. have armies of bots that search around the net. These new ones are mostly AI-based and not friendly. Some have even taken sites down similar to a DDOS attack. The one forum that I visit has around 100,000 guests at any given time and they don't have a very large user based...although, they have been around for a long time.

[Bigguy]

Aaah I see. So, just like the old days but AI based. I don't like this AI shit at all. We are not ready for it. Plus it should be only used for certain things. 

[Skhilled]

I totally agree! It's not that AI itself is the problem but that too many bad people try to take advantage of it. And, it still has a lot to go before it can be totally reliable.

[Bigguy]

I agree for sure. To many hands in the cookie jar is not a good thing, lol.