Title: Bots and Infrastructures Slug: 04-s3-bots-and-infrastructures Date: 2020-11-01 12:02 Summary: How do bots relate to infrastructures? Darius Kazemi is a computer programmer and artist, whose work engages with video games, bot making and . In 2016, Kazemi made staywokebot[^staywoke] in conversation with Black Lives Matter activists DeRay Mckesson and Samuel Sinyangwe. The bot sends out messages to its Twitter followers to uplift activists' morale and provide joyful interactions. Kazemi has also worked on private bots for activists that take over the work that is it acts as a type of prosthesis that motivates . Other bots that Kazemi has made include How do bots relate to digital infrastructures? Let's take two examples of communication platforms that # Footnotes [^staywoke]: StayWokeBot