Facebook PR = coaching the Giants. Every play, every game. Bad, bad, bad. https://t.co/gEXFvqpgrK
— Jason Kint (@jason_kint) December 3, 2019
people naming their babies liam... it has reached a new level... https://t.co/KQoXuadKVO
— Liam Stack (@liamstack) December 3, 2019
liam the chatbot teaches facebook employees PR talking points for awkward holiday dinner conversations https://t.co/GFJZsj5A8x
— Erin Griffith (@eringriffith) December 3, 2019
#DearLiamBot, why does @Facebook have Breitbart listed as a “trusted” news source after trading white supremacist emails with Stephen Miller? https://t.co/JiQuUKOgu2
— Sleeping Giants (@slpng_giants) December 2, 2019
Think your Thanksgiving was rough? Imagine having to explain to family members that your company isn’t responsible for destroying democracy. Story w/ @MikeIsaac on how FB made a chat bot to help their employees get their angry uncle off their back. https://t.co/MiEB46cfVc
— Sheera Frenkel (@sheeraf) December 2, 2019
In retrospect, I could have used a bot to help explain to family members why PADDINGTON II is not a very good Paddington movie. https://t.co/pvxN4Sdupk
— Harry McCracken (@harrymccracken) December 3, 2019
this is the most dystopian holiday nonsense I have ever heard of https://t.co/9k1KMjv3wN
— kate conger (@kateconger) December 2, 2019
Ah “Liam,” a name that evokes nothing if not winning debates with family members through persuasion https://t.co/llSxItm4it
— Ben Walsh (@BenDWalsh) December 3, 2019
Meet the "Liam Bot." Facebook rolled it out to help employees answer tough questions about working at the social network. @sheeraf @MikeIsaachttps://t.co/rAFFal9Gk2
— Pui-Wing Tam (@puiwingtam) December 2, 2019
why is facebook's chatbot called LIAM? hemsworth?? neeson???https://t.co/Ts0ofDui6W pic.twitter.com/EFxFZbo4wU
— sarah emerson (@SarahNEmerson) December 3, 2019
I would only applaud this if we find out that the chatbot, "Liam Bot," was named after Liam Gallagher of Oasis. https://t.co/5pKqdweO7H
— SIVA VAIDHYANATHAN??? (@sivavaid) December 3, 2019
Facebook built a chatbot to provide employees w/talking points about the company, in case family members had difficult questions during holiday get-togethers.
— Dread (Porch) Pirate Roberts (@hypervisible) December 3, 2019
Zuckerbot. (Kidding. It's named Liam Bot) ?https://t.co/aqJ101eUl9
hahaha god how sad this timeline we’re in https://t.co/QisZAjp1rf
— Selena (@selenalarson) December 3, 2019
https://t.co/vzt7u61Fgy pic.twitter.com/MdzyMHTtgW
— M.G. Siegler (@mgsiegler) December 3, 2019
Facebook making a bot to spew out Facebook PR talking points for Facebook employees during the holidays is peak Facebook. Sorry, FACEBOOK. https://t.co/BRNfn45BAd
— Heather Kelly (@heatherkelly) December 2, 2019
#DearLiamBot why does @facebook allow deliberate falsehoods and disinformation in ads from politicians? https://t.co/JiQuUKOgu2
— Sleeping Giants (@slpng_giants) December 2, 2019
1) @Facebook PR made a chatbot for the holidays to give staff talking points for friends & family criticizing the company: https://t.co/udZSXBHuYr
— Alex Howard (@digiphile) December 3, 2019
2) There's now a parody online at @glitch for other family conversations: https://t.co/7alpS1G7A9
One Liam is not like the other Liam
— Kontra (@counternotions) December 3, 2019
APPLE: an autonomous robot which disassembles iPhones for recycling.
FACEBOOK: a chatbot that tells employees how to respond to difficult political/ethical questions from family and friends about Facebook. https://t.co/iUC2U5pRv0
Imagine your company being so foul you have to make a chatbot to help your employees deal with "tough questions" from friends and family.https://t.co/sTvLGwPOSv
— Mike Monteiro? (@monteiro) December 3, 2019
So I’m guessing Facebook’s Liam Bot isn’t using the Jarvis assistant Zuckerberg made as part of an annual challenge that one year (the one that voiced Morgan Freeman)?https://t.co/4sIIj6dtQk
— Ken Yeung (@thekenyeung) December 2, 2019
what?!
— Sarah Frier (@sarahfrier) December 2, 2019
Facebook PR created a chatbot called "Liam Bot" that will parrot out talking points, so that employees can push back on friends and family critiquing the company over the holidays...https://t.co/e5A4tXHEfP via @sheeraf @MikeIsaac pic.twitter.com/1I3lRrZIh0
pretty sad that building a machine to feed employees PR vetted lines to defend where they work is easier than fixing the structural issues with the company/product https://t.co/Zqv7cd7frX
— Charlie Warzel (@cwarzel) December 3, 2019
What if you asked the chat bot, "Hey Liam Bot. Why did Facebook invent Liam Bot?"https://t.co/5pKqdweO7H
— SIVA VAIDHYANATHAN??? (@sivavaid) December 3, 2019
Dear Liam Bot, what did Trump say to Zuckerberg during their secret meeting https://t.co/f3vRr0IGoU
— Casey Newton (@CaseyNewton) December 2, 2019
Guess free speech for Facebook’s employees means being fed company talking points. Nice. https://t.co/3ToRaPhiDz
— Laura Rosenberger (@rosenbergerlm) December 3, 2019
Here's a life tip: if you need an app to dodge questions from loving family members about your place of work, it's probably time for a career change.
— Anouk Ruhaak (@AnoukRuhaak) December 3, 2019
You're welcome. ffshttps://t.co/EpaBdJ3wvq
Facebook built a #chatbot
— Spiros Margaris (@SpirosMargaris) December 3, 2019
to help employees deflect #criticism over the holidays https://t.co/902lad2W4B #fintech #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #MachineLearning #DeepLearning @nickstatt @verge @facebook pic.twitter.com/nPAL4DUKT6
Facebook built a chatbot to help employees deflect criticism over the holidays https://t.co/bIUBNlLKvv pic.twitter.com/uJ1iLByHzQ
— The Verge (@verge) December 3, 2019
Facebook employees are facing so much pressure from friends & family that the company is providing support to help them.
— Woe, woe, woe to those who dwell upon the earth (@Eschatologuy) December 3, 2019
This is good. These amoral overlord wannabes at major tech companies SHOULD feel stigmatized & ashamed.https://t.co/zvT7Nlt159
Facebook employees can prep for uncomfortable family dinners with Liam the chatbot https://t.co/CRJTC5f8j9
— FutureShift (@futureshift) December 3, 2019
Facebook is the absolute worst. https://t.co/Zdy7wE1poY
— ???????? ?????????? (@coolmudgeon) December 3, 2019
Hang on, so if a FB employee's dad asks if Facebook is undermining democracy they have to whip out their phone and consult a chatbot before answering? Am I reading this right? https://t.co/UIRQE1xJxW
— Olivia Solon (@oliviasolon) December 3, 2019
Here's a kind of sad use of AI:
— Erik Brynjolfsson (@erikbryn) December 3, 2019
Facebook gives its workers a chatbot to teach them what to say if friends or family ask difficult questions about the company.https://t.co/FivHmwmQVA#AI #chatbot #2MA #MachineLearning
I'm imagining a Clippy for suppressing worker dissent now https://t.co/FfKYiKGGV3
— Ingrid Burrington (@lifewinning) December 3, 2019
New York Times reports on the "Liam bot" that will help facebook employees deal with difficult conversations with relatives over the holidays https://t.co/EP2eLhqrxK Article says "provenance of name is unclear". Thanks to friend for pointing this out.
— Liam Delaney (@LiamDelaneyEcon) December 3, 2019
This is sooo LOL https://t.co/BPUTnNOhpV via @sheeraf @mikeisaac
— CeciliaKang (@ceciliakang) December 3, 2019
Facebook created a chatbot called "Liam Bot" that teaches employees official company talking points for responding to friends and family critiquing the company (New York Times) https://t.co/1jiKegj2fA
— Chris Heilmann (@codepo8) December 3, 2019
We are now living in an era of PR chatbots, at a time when PR professionals already outnumber journalists 6 to 1. https://t.co/ulsNb3terO
— Christina Farr (@chrissyfarr) December 2, 2019
„Some Facebook employees recently told their managers that they were concerned about answering difficult questions about their workplace from friends and family over the holidays.“
— Peter Steinberger (@steipete) December 3, 2019
maybe look for a other job instead? https://t.co/pVbunebBTJ
"What if Mom or Dad accused the social network of destroying democracy? Or what if they said Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s chief executive, was collecting their online data at the expense of privacy?"
— martinfehrensen (@martinfehrensen) December 3, 2019
They are right.https://t.co/YrScnWjFUv
Uber, but for resolving cognitive dissonance. https://t.co/6GX5bLkUIc
— Kevin Roose (@kevinroose) December 3, 2019
I also need a bot to help me navigate my relationship with my relatives. Preferably ED 209.https://t.co/FCrkn3SlkI pic.twitter.com/DMvYvd3YpA
— Peter Cohen (@flargh) December 3, 2019
w/ recent scandals including losing data on millions of users, being accused of fostering a racist company culture, contributing to the rise of fake news & muddying the waters of political discourse... @Facebook built a bot to help staff deflect questions https://t.co/9D1lFv5VpP
— ?? ?????? ? (@MoCheeks) December 3, 2019
Facebook’s new chatbot teaches employees how to answer difficult questions about the company https://t.co/U40erGRr4C
— TNW (@thenextweb) December 3, 2019
Facebook’s new chatbot teaches employees how to answer difficult questions about the company https://t.co/PsGifJtRAM
— TNW (@thenextweb) December 3, 2019
Facebook built a chatbot to help employees deflect criticism over the holidays: #ArtificialIntelligence #IoT #IoE ht @Mikequindazzi https://t.co/oEOWvuIADU pic.twitter.com/5FSowNoikm
— Claire Harris (@Claire_Harris82) December 4, 2019
Maybe they did this because of our press release, maybe because of our gentle ribbing of their founder/ CEO/ Chairman of the Board. But the future is now:https://t.co/yMh7tBaQQg
— Pennsylvania Treasury. (@PATreasury) December 3, 2019
Aw Liam you're everyone's friend! You're also a chatbot created by Facebook to train its employees to defend the company during holiday meals but that's another story. https://t.co/j6VD3oGCxs
— Amy Berkowitz (@mondobummer) December 3, 2019
Facebook bot helps employees awkwardly talk to their families about scandals https://t.co/SVUfdhDHgq pic.twitter.com/XmH6DIsstR
— Rich Tehrani (@rtehrani) December 3, 2019
In my dissertation, I showed we need #AI+#HCI to improve peoples' communication at scale. An interesting example how AI can be used to shape peoples' communication is the @facebook 'Liam Bot': https://t.co/syPTJyYGus I hope they did their homework ?
— Bernd (@mrhuberb) December 3, 2019
ICYMI:
— Rich Tehrani (@rtehrani) December 4, 2019
Facebook Gives Workers a Chatbot to Appease That Prying Uncle https://t.co/jj7YZGvhhC pic.twitter.com/ErXSPyNgJb
Facebook created a chatbot to help train employees to defend the company during family discussions over the holidays: https://t.co/paD7ZnKTCb
— Nadim Kobeissi • نديم قبيسي (@kaepora) December 4, 2019
Facebook Gives Workers a Chatbot to Appease That Prying Uncle https://t.co/6UY2hG5Kg8
— Evan Kirstel (@evankirstel) December 3, 2019
Another data point on public mistrust of tech companies: Facebook created a chatbot to help employees answer awkward family questions about its role in society https://t.co/U8WUQFtyHR
— J. Nathan Matias (@natematias) December 3, 2019
hey at least somebody found a use for FB chat botshttps://t.co/6g9eagW7WV
— bobby on main (@stro_b) December 3, 2019
페이스북이 명절에 친척들에게서 회사에 대한 불편한 질문을 받을 직원들을 위해 AI 챗봇을 개발했다고. (...)https://t.co/CQ6NHFlyi4
— 쿠도군 (@KudoKun_) December 3, 2019
Facebook’s new chatbot teaches employees how to answer difficult questions about the company https://t.co/6MCbxD5Hb7
— TNW (@thenextweb) December 4, 2019
Facebook’s new chatbot teaches employees how to answer difficult questions about the company https://t.co/qfGQJhXHRR
— TNW (@thenextweb) December 3, 2019