Goob: a notional paltrovian newage woozine generated by Botnik's AI

Cory Doctorow 12:27 pm Mon Mar 5, 2018

Botnik used its predictive AI to generate a Gwyneth Paltrow-style website full of woo: goob! It's all very Poe's Law.

Here's some of the headlines it came up with:

* Listen to your body: your migraines are podcasts trying to be produced

* We asked 200 experts: should you feel embarrassed by the gluten in your skin?

* Ever think shooting our souls full of hormones might make our subconscious grow too powerful?

* Our famous doctor of candles, John Benjamin Expert, gives mental health advice to anyone having to let their wait staff go for the season

goob [Botnik]

(via Kottke)

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