Hi Folks, Just coming out from the Lurk here - have been watching for a few months after an Anthropologist told me to get involved. I was trained in Anthropology to BSc level before going into Computers, which is where my reason for making a post comes from ... <snip> Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 21:30:33 -0500 From: Barry Wellman wellman@chass.utoronto.ca To paraphrase suggested that computer folk might have some useful conversation for the online academics. <snip> Elzware deals with Chatterbots - AI interfaces that engage with people in natural language. As an Anthropologist I would be interested to know if anyone is covering the social impact of this technology ... Anyone close on this ? Regards, Phil Hall www.elzware.com