And since we’re on the subject of trolls:
Microsoft’s Teen Chat Bot Tay spewed racist comments on Twitter so the company shut her down after less than a day.
Source: After racist tweets, Microsoft muzzles teen Chat Bot Tay – CNN Money
“Tay” was apparently supposed to be a natural language learning AI. Microsoft blame its failure on trolls who appear to have rapidly figured out how to manipulate it. Apparently this AI was as dumb as a post.
In this case the trolls may have performed a useful service. They’ve demonstrated that language and intelligence does not neatly reduce to algorithms, regardless of what Google and Microsoft engineers might believe.
Artificial Intelligence seems to be a bit like Artificial sweetener or hydrogenated vegetable oil. It only sort of tastes real.
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