Reminds me of Carissa Swenson... 
 

drewfx1

craigb
Notice there isn't any need for AS?  We've got all the natural stupidity that we'll ever need already... 

Actually I find it kind of encouraging that technology exists that can make obsolete all the trolls, idiots and delusional types - along with all those who confuse public policy debates with just spouting clueless vitriol.

I can think of a few radio and tv analysts that are doing just that ... it used to be called "dis-information".

Moshkito

drewfx1

craigb
Notice there isn't any need for AS?  We've got all the natural stupidity that we'll ever need already... 

Actually I find it kind of encouraging that technology exists that can make obsolete all the trolls, idiots and delusional types - along with all those who confuse public policy debates with just spouting clueless vitriol.

I can think of a few radio and tv analysts that are doing just that ... it used to be called "dis-information".

I was thinking more in terms of the fact that the AI is basically trying to learn "appropriate" responses that fit the context of an unpredictable conversation. But in reality there's little actual intelligence involved at this point and instead it's just mindlessly mimicking what it heard without adding anything new.
 
IOW it doesn't add any value to the conversation.
 
And if you put a bunch of troll-bots out there to bait people (and each other!) in every possible way, once people are aware of the fact that they might not be dealing with a real person they won't bother engaging with anyone that doesn't show some sign of a higher intelligence.

Hmm. It might get confused and reveal itself by shoehorning the same opinions and outdated points of reference into threads over and over, regardless of the topic at hand...
 
...oh..wait...

drewfx1
Actually I find it kind of encouraging that technology exists that can make obsolete all the trolls, idiots and delusional types - along with all those who confuse public policy debates with just spouting clueless vitriol.

Apparently AI could replaicate a presidential candidate as well. 

jamesg1213
Hmm. It might get confused and reveal itself by shoehorning the same opinions and outdated points of reference into threads over and over, regardless of the topic at hand...
 
...oh..wait...

PWF*
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
* Pedro-wettingly-funny

drewfx1
 
I was thinking more in terms of the fact that the AI is basically trying to learn "appropriate" responses that fit the context of an unpredictable conversation. But in reality there's little actual intelligence involved at this point and instead it's just mindlessly mimicking what it heard without adding anything new.
 
IOW it doesn't add any value to the conversation.
 
And if you put a bunch of troll-bots out there to bait people (and each other!) in every possible way, once people are aware of the fact that they might not be dealing with a real person they won't bother engaging with anyone that doesn't show some sign of a higher intelligence.

Just great.  This is telling me that there are already no humans in the Coffee House! 
(Or is there?)

drewfx1
...
On Wednesday morning, the company unveiled Tay, a chat bot meant to mimic the verbal tics of a 19-year-old American girl, provided to the world at large via the messaging platforms Twitter, Kik and GroupMe. According to Microsoft, the aim was to “conduct research on conversational understanding.” Company researchers programmed the bot to respond to messages in an “entertaining” way, impersonating the audience it was created to target: 18- to 24-year-olds in the US. “Microsoft’s AI fam from the internet that’s got zero chill,” Tay’s tagline read.
 

At least I did not think that the code artists that helped create this were about 40 or 50 years old ... this would have been done by code artists that were younger, more than likely, so I would think that the responses would be better tailored to the discussions and the average age that it seemed to exist in that area.
 
It's weird ... that we think that anything created for computers and by computers has to be exactly like us, and copy us ... but in the end, how can it not? ... who created it? So, the more stupid thing, was a comment suggesting that it should have behaved differently and not like the other kids!
 
We did that at school every day! So what?

One of the most under-appreciated science fiction epics of all time!

bitflipper
One of the most under-appreciated science fiction epics of all time!

Now I'm gonna have to watch that one again. 
 
I would have really liked to have seen the Kubrick version though...