truth on hold Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 Company finally apologises after Tay quickly learned to produce offensive posts, forcing the tech giant to shut it down after just 16 hours. The company released an official apology after the artificial intelligence program went on an embarrassing tirade, likening feminism to cancer and suggesting the Holocaust did not happen. http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/mar/26/microsoft-deeply-sorry-for-offensive-tweets-by-ai-chatbot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Observer Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 Gaurdian stupid headline lede: "Company finally apologizes." Yes, sorry world, MS took a day to apologize that their AI got more or less vandalized by some douchebags. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beef Jerky Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 Why do they need to apologize? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truth on hold Posted March 27, 2016 Author Share Posted March 27, 2016 Why do they need to apologize?They offended a lot of bots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyst Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 (edited) this was hilarious. oooh look 24k! Edited March 27, 2016 by Boyst62 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marv's Neighbor Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 I blame it on Y2K! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 So now Microsoft will go back to the drawing board to ensure this doesn't happen again with version 2.0. The new algorithm will factor in humanities tendency towards asshattery and quickly learn that the only winning move is not to play. And that's how Skynet becomes self aware... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBill Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 So now Microsoft will go back to the drawing board to ensure this doesn't happen again with version 2.0. The new algorithm will factor in humanities tendency towards asshattery and quickly learn that the only winning move is not to play. And that's how Skynet becomes self aware... It's hard to believe none of this hit the radar before turning the public loose on it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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