<s>
Negobot	B-Protocol
also	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
Lolita	B-Language
or	O
Lolita	B-Language
chatbot	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
chatterbot	B-Protocol
that	O
was	O
introduced	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
in	O
2013	O
,	O
designed	O
by	O
researchers	O
from	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Deusto	O
and	O
Optenet	O
to	O
catch	O
online	O
pedophiles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
conversational	B-General_Concept
agent	I-General_Concept
that	O
utilizes	O
natural	B-Language
language	I-Language
processing	I-Language
(	O
NLP	B-Language
)	O
,	O
information	B-Library
retrieval	I-Library
(	O
IR	O
)	O
and	O
Automatic	O
Learning	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
the	O
bot	B-Protocol
poses	O
as	O
a	O
young	O
female	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
entice	O
and	O
track	O
potential	O
predators	O
,	O
it	O
became	O
known	O
in	O
media	O
as	O
the	O
"	O
virtual	O
Lolita	B-Language
"	O
,	O
in	O
reference	O
to	O
Vladimir	O
Nabokov	O
's	O
novel	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2013	O
,	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Deusto	O
researchers	O
published	O
a	O
paper	O
on	O
their	O
work	O
with	O
Negobot	B-Protocol
and	O
disclosed	O
the	O
text	O
online	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Their	O
main	O
objective	O
was	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
chatterbot	B-Protocol
with	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
trap	O
online	O
predators	O
that	O
posed	O
a	O
threat	O
to	O
children	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
intended	O
to	O
deploy	O
the	O
bot	B-Protocol
into	O
sites	O
frequented	O
by	O
predators	O
such	O
as	O
social	O
networks	O
and	O
chatrooms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
chatterbot	B-Protocol
takes	O
the	O
guise	O
of	O
a	O
naive	O
and	O
vulnerable	O
14-year-old	O
girl	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
bot	B-Protocol
's	O
programmers	O
used	O
methods	O
of	O
artificial	O
intelligence	O
and	O
natural	B-Language
language	I-Language
processing	I-Language
to	O
create	O
a	O
conversational	B-General_Concept
agent	I-General_Concept
fluent	O
in	O
typical	O
teenage	O
slang	O
,	O
misspellings	O
,	O
and	O
knowledge	O
of	O
pop	O
culture	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Through	O
these	O
linguistic	O
features	O
,	O
the	O
bot	B-Protocol
is	O
able	O
to	O
mimic	O
the	O
conversational	O
style	O
of	O
young	O
teenagers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Negobot	B-Protocol
's	O
primary	O
creator	O
,	O
Dr.	O
Carlos	O
Laorden	O
,	O
expressed	O
the	O
significance	O
of	O
the	O
bot	B-Protocol
's	O
distinguishable	O
style	O
of	O
communication	O
,	O
stating	O
that	O
normally	O
,	O
"	O
chatbots	B-Protocol
tend	O
to	O
be	O
very	O
predictable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
What	O
makes	O
Negobot	B-Protocol
different	O
is	O
its	O
game	O
theory	O
feature	O
,	O
which	O
makes	O
it	O
able	O
to	O
"	O
maintain	O
a	O
much	O
more	O
realistic	O
conversation.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Negobot	B-Protocol
's	O
designers	O
programmed	O
it	O
with	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
treat	O
conversations	O
with	O
potential	O
predators	O
as	O
if	O
it	O
were	O
a	O
game	O
,	O
the	O
objective	O
being	O
to	O
collect	O
as	O
much	O
information	O
on	O
the	O
suspect	O
as	O
possible	O
that	O
could	O
provide	O
evidence	O
of	O
pedophilic	O
characteristics	O
and	O
motives	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
use	O
of	O
game	O
theory	O
shapes	O
the	O
decisions	O
the	O
bot	B-Protocol
makes	O
and	O
the	O
overall	O
direction	O
of	O
the	O
conversation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
bot	B-Protocol
initiates	O
its	O
undercover	O
operations	O
by	O
entering	O
a	O
chat	O
as	O
a	O
passive	O
participant	O
,	O
waiting	O
to	O
be	O
chatted	O
by	O
a	O
user	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
a	O
user	O
elicits	O
conversation	O
,	O
the	O
bot	B-Protocol
will	O
frame	O
the	O
conversation	O
in	O
such	O
a	O
way	O
that	O
keeps	O
the	O
target	O
engaged	O
,	O
extracting	O
personal	O
information	O
and	O
discouraging	O
it	O
from	O
leaving	O
the	O
chat	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
the	O
target	O
seems	O
to	O
lose	O
interest	O
,	O
the	O
bot	B-Protocol
attempts	O
to	O
make	O
it	O
feel	O
guilty	O
by	O
expressing	O
sentiments	O
of	O
loneliness	O
and	O
emotional	O
need	O
through	O
strategic	O
,	O
formulated	O
responses	O
,	O
ultimately	O
prolonging	O
interaction	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
the	O
bot	B-Protocol
may	O
provide	O
fake	O
information	O
about	O
itself	O
in	O
attempt	O
to	O
lure	O
the	O
target	O
into	O
physical	O
meetings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
being	O
able	O
to	O
carry	O
out	O
a	O
realistic	O
conversation	O
,	O
Negobot	B-Protocol
is	O
still	O
unable	O
to	O
detect	O
linguistic	O
subtleties	O
in	O
the	O
messages	O
of	O
others	O
,	O
including	O
sarcasm	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
claimed	O
that	O
using	O
the	O
bot	B-Protocol
on	O
unsuspecting	O
internet	O
users	O
could	O
be	O
considered	O
a	O
form	O
of	O
entrapment	O
or	O
harassment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
type	O
of	O
information	O
that	O
Negobot	B-Protocol
collects	O
from	O
potential	O
online	O
predators	O
,	O
he	O
said	O
,	O
is	O
unlikely	O
to	O
be	O
upheld	O
in	O
court	O
.	O
</s>
