Why Bot Wars Are Inevitable

The camera flies past a detachment of robot soldiers on a spaceship. Nearly half of all web traffic is from "bots." That statistic alone should grab your attention, but the one that should worry you more is that "bad" bots are growing in number and reach. Cutting right to the chase: the only way bad bots can be contained is with good or other bad bots. A bot … "is an automated program that is programmed for certain actions and executes them either regularly or reactively. The bot does this without needing human activation. It analyzes the environment and'decides' which actions to take depending on the situation."