How a Machine Can Tell If You’re an Asshole

An interview with the designers behind the “Are You The Asshole” bot

“angry stikfas” by jonpayne is marked with CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.

Reddit’s r/AmITheAsshole is one of the most entertaining subreddits on the entire site. Though it started in 2013, the subreddit’s popularity increased during the pandemic when people, isolated from social interaction, started stewing about the little things. Are you the…