Do you think bots are cheating?

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There is a bit of a fine line/slippery slope here.


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Um no, It's really clear as day. Using a bot is against the rules of a poker site. It is cheating.

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yep... Fully automated bots are blatently against the rules... because the rules say "no bots allowed".

Although this thread has taken an interesting spinoff into questioning the ethics of software tools aiding decision making.

How useful do those tools have to be in order to cross the line from non-botdom to botdom?

Is it the automated ACTION of a bot that makes it illegal? Or the ability to analyze a situation and spit out an answer...

If you program a bot to RECOMMEND the action that it would take.. Then you manually execute it, or ignore its advice.. Is this considered using a bot?

So, we have on one end of the spectrum tools such as poker tracker and poker stove which are legal..
Then on the other end of the spectrum fully automated bots which are illegal.

What are components of a software that falls smackdab in the grey area?