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Bots are a glorified music station announcer: tell the time, lonk the songs, associate relevant and contextual information with the music, interact with callers for competitions and automate social media output.
If all music stations did the abovementioned activities radio will revert to the mean and sound boring.
It's akin to parotting from the same textbook in the way things are done.
Other than that, it lacks creativity, sponteneity and emotionality.
Bots cannot call a sporting match, cannot have the fun and banter of Nine Radio's "Continuous Call team" (TM).
Nor can bots do an Ian MacRae & Hon. Nick Jones (RIP), Doug Mulray (RIP), Wendy Harmer, Alan Jones or Ray Hadley. Nor can can a bot emulate the compassion of the Rev. Bill Crews or Fr. Jim McLaren (RIP).
Thank you
Anthony of thinking Strathfield South, in the land of the Wangal and Darug Peoples of the Eora Nation.