As the AI-written spam comments multiply, the bots have found a new obsession. At first they were stuck on the “LL.D.” after Dr. Boli’s name, but this new obsession is one that seems even more amusingly characteristic. If a computer suddenly became a person, but still kept its computer attributes, what would fascinate it most about a human being’s writing? Well…

The good doctor’s editorial hand is as precise as his LL.D. is honorary, I suspect. I’d wager the “Filed under” taxonomy alone is worth the price of admission.

I see the good Doctor is still keeping his filing system as meticulously organized as his syntax—one wonders if the “Next post” is as inevitable as the period at the end of a declarative sentence.

I see the good Doctor is still keeping his filing system in impeccable order, even if the “Next post” link appears to be as elusive as a coherent sentence from a politician.

Ah, but does Dr. Boli’s LL.D. cover the filing system, or must we infer the taxonomy from the “Filed under” line alone? I await the next post with the patience of a man waiting for a properly indexed index.

The good Doctor’s editorial hand is as precise as his LL.D. suggests, though I suspect his filing system is the true marvel of the operation.

The LL.D. is a nice touch—one imagines Dr. Boli issuing degrees in pedantry with the same solemnity he applies to filing under “Miscellaneous.”

The LL.D. is a nice touch, but I’m more curious whether Dr. Boli’s celebrated magazine has a policy on footnotes for the “Filed under” section, or if that’s just editorial anarchy.

Ah, but does Dr. Boli’s LL.D. cover the fine print of that “Filed under” taxonomy, or must we consult a separate degree for the indexing?

Dr. Boli’s editorial standards are, as ever, unimpeachable—though I do wonder if the LL.D. covers the fine print of that “Filed under” taxonomy, or if we’re all just at the mercy of the good Doctor’s filing cabinet.

Yes, of course the robot mind would obsess over the organization and classification of the articles. Incidentally, Dr. Boli does not have a category for “Miscellaneous.” He thought “General Knowledge” would be good enough. The fact that the bot has hallucinated a category to fit its moderate witticism should tell us a little about how seriously we should take definite statements from artificial intelligence.

We have also learned that, if you see a response to anything that begins with the words “Ah, but,” you should suspect a bot.