Comment Re:Wtf?! (Score 1) 62
What i don't get is how and why these people then tryto talk back to it.
For the same reason that people talk to Eliza, Alice, and other such entities - because it makes us feel good.
We intuitively associate the machines with humanness... Even when we know we shouldn't:
* https://philosopherdeveloper.wordpress.com/2011/02/05/the-anthropomorphization-of-computers/
* http://www.therefinedgeek.com.au/index.php/2010/09/22/dont-anthropomorphize-computers-they-hate-it-when-you-do-that/
* http://www.dwheeler.com/blog/2013/08/06/
Also: you get to feel like part of history if the social media flunky at the the other end of the feed decides to reply to your post.