Sex Talk≡

Richard writes of a fascinating experiment — involving a bot written in python and sex chat via IRC — the results make for a slightly unusual yet (strangely) interesting insight into the male drive to procreate.

“Weekends are boring, so today I set myself a project to stave off boredom. This is part of the result. I downloaded Pyborg, and set it up to join 6 of the most active sex-oriented IRC channels on Dalnet.”

That some persisted in trying to ‘get it on’ despite discovering lonelygirlrach was actually a bot is both a sad and-yet-unsurprising reflection on how people actively tend to fantasise and ‘fill in the blanks’ when conversing with those they cannot see.

Someone really should hire that man.