Great moments in AI research: they broke the troll barrier!

No, really. Microsoft getting their new chat AI ‘Tay’ to spectacularly blow up so quickly took some skill:

What happens when you introduce an innocent Artificial Intelligence chat robot to Twitter? Well, it’s kind of predictable – you get an evil Hitler-loving, incestual sex-promoting, ‘Bush did 9/11’-proclaiming robot.

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…They then proceeded to form SkyNet*.

Apparently, if you get two AI programs together to talk to each other, they act like YouTube commenters without the profanity:

You know what that means?  YouTube commenters have just failed the Turing Test.

This has been proved with SCIENCE! You’re welcome.

Moe Lane

(Via @jtLOL)

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So I find stuff like this funny.

If a little obscure:

Artificial Flight and Other Myths

a reasoned examination of A.F. by top birds

Over the past sixty years, our most impressive developments have undoubtedly been within the industry of automation, and many of our fellow birds believe the next inevitable step will involve significant advancements in the field of Artificial Flight.  While residing currently in the realm of science fiction, true powered, artificial flying mechanisms may be a reality within fifty years.  Or so the futurists would have us believe.  Despite the current media buzz surrounding the prospect of A.F., a critical examination of even the most basic facts can dismiss the notion of true artificial flight as not much more than fantasy.

Sue me.