The visual content "Web Bots" covers several topics related to robots, which are software applications designed to automate specific tasks and interact with users, often simulating human conversation in the case of chatbots. They are programmed to follow pre-defined rules or use artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms to process natural language and provide responses.
The video defines a "robot" as a program that executes automatic, repetitive, and pre-defined tasks. Robots usually simulate or replace human user behaviour, but they work much faster than human users. Robots perform useful functions, such as customer service or search engine indexing, but they can also come in the form of malware used to take full control of a computer. They are called internet robots and other names such as spiders, crawlers, or web robots.
Today, up to half of all internet traffic depends on computer robots which perform specific tasks, such as automating customer service, simulating human communication on social media, and helping businesses search online for content and help search engine optimization. Although individuals and institutions today rely on robots to perform repetitive tasks that individuals would otherwise have to do, as they do them faster, robot programs can be programmed to be malicious.
This visual content discusses some important related topics through the dialogue between the teacher and students, such as:
