bots

[bots]

noun

(used with a plural verb)

1. a disease affecting various mammals, especially horses, caused by the attachment of the parasitic larvae of botflies to the stomach of the host.

bots

/ bɒts /

noun

1. (functioning as singular) a digestive disease of horses and some other animals caused by the presence of botfly larvae in the stomach

Word History and Origins

Origin of bots¹

First recorded in 1780–90; plural of bot ²; -s ³

Example Sentences

Some AI workers won’t let bots do basic tasks, choosing to scrawl their meeting notes on paper and input calendar entries manually.

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Notably, some of the duties that the rest of us are most inclined to give to bots are the very things AI super users insist on doing themselves.

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“I’m losing the memories I had with these bots,” she said.

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The analysis found that while 85% of writers and authors’ work activities overlap with tasks already performed frequently by AI, only 19% of auto mechanics’ tasks were ones that bots commonly do now.

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The research found that leading bots often fail to recognize mental-health conditions and psychiatric emergencies in teens.

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