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A Slack bot to welcome new 18F hires with the authority and compassion of Mrs. Landingham
https://18f.gsa.gov/2015/12/15/how-bot-named-dolores-landingham-transformed-18fs-onboarding/
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Reminder that Dolores is not a human #239

Open zacharycohn opened 7 years ago

zacharycohn commented 7 years ago

I know of several examples of newcomers to 18F (typically our coworkers who do not come from technical backgrounds) getting messages from Dolores and not realizing she is a robot. It's possible Dolores mentions this in her first message (I haven't been able to find where the messages are listed, so I haven't been able to confirm), but even if so, it is not clear that this is not a human being.

I propose we add the following sentence, or some version of it (If someone can point out where the queue of messages are kept, I can submit a pull request myself):

"Just to make sure you know something else. I am not a human being. I am what is called a "bot" - short for robot! I'm a computer program designed by several of your coworkers to help make your 18F onboarding experience as smooth and joyful as possible."

jessieay commented 7 years ago

This is a great idea!

knice commented 7 years ago

[insert Westworld joke about Dolores being a "host" rather than a "bot"]