Identify AI bots in emails at IETF?

Alexandre Petrescu <alexandre.petrescu@gmail.com> Mon, 14 October 2019 08:39 UTC

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Subject: Identify AI bots in emails at IETF?
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Hi IETFers,

How to identify whether or not the emails from somebody are from an 'AI 
bot'?

Recently I have had public and private email exchanges, related to the 
DHC WG. One party involved in the discussion, that I know personally, 
suggested that the 3rd party might be an AI bot, because his/her emails 
seem so generated by an automaton - be it language translation or other 
AI generator.

I must excuse if the person is real, but also I feel sorry I spent too 
much time explaining things in private to what might be an AI bot and am 
nervous against whoever programmed it.

Alex