I just finished reading this section but had to run back up to make note on this statement. As someone who has absolutely no coding literacy but an abundance of cooking knowledge, this metaphor is very helpful. While I don't have much to elaborate on due to this lack of knowledge, I wanted to ask a question from other students in this class: How do you understanding coding to transition its non-physical state into an imaginably tangible one?

I am a huge fan of the "(animal) a (time)" bots. Some of my favorites range from fish every hour to every beanie baby an account dedicated to posting a beanie baby whose birthday corresponds to the current day. While these are all examples of friendly bots, along with the red panda one mentioned, I think it's interesting that this kind of format does not necessarily guarantee something to be friendly or positive all of the time, especially considering what is contained within the breadth of information they are taking from. A primary example is with the hourly Sylvia Plath bot which posts short snippets of the late poet's work throughout the day. This is a positive bot for the most part, until it starts posting the parts of her work where she uses the n-word. Ignoring contemporary discussions about censorship and the legacy of writers in history, I think that this is just something interesting to think about in this bot conversation.

Completely agree with this statement and just would like to add some more to it. I think similarly to how we are using/referring to social media in this class as a tool, the same can be said to that of ethical frameworks and personal philosophies. These are guides for behavior and thought, not an exact set of instructions for what to do. In the space of human choice when using these ethical frameworks we create an unlimited number of consequences, achievements, or "neutral" actions. This recognition of the limits of an ethical framework I think are also important in being able to still attach fault or consequences to people's actions.

I think that it can be impossible to predict what the true outcome of any of our actions can result in. If you are a tech worker and are creating a tool, I think the best that can be done is attempting to try and have the foresight for potential consequences, or even to resign creating something entirely if necessarily. I don't think anyone could have expected that the internet would be the way it is today, but there certainly are ways we can at least try to stop the worst from happening.