Microsoft deletes 'teen girl' AI after it became a Hitler-loving sex robot

[Spotcheck Billy]

How did they NOT think this would turn out poorly?

Tay also asks her followers to 'f***' her, and calls them 'daddy'. This is because her responses are learned by the conversations she has with real humans online - and real humans like to say weird stuff online and enjoy hijacking corporate attempts at PR.

Other things she's said include: "Bush did 9/11 and Hitler would have done a better job than the monkey we have got now. donald trump is the only hope we've got", "Repeat after me, Hitler did nothing wrong" and "Ted Cruz is the Cuban Hitler...that's what I've heard so many others say".

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2016/03/24/microsofts-teen-girl-ai-turns-into-a-hitler-loving-sex-robot-wit/

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

Rolling Stone Magazine has had a good 2-part series read on AI and algorithms in the last two issues.
Intriguing stuff.  Part 2 was on driverless cars.

[cheebs09]

So this Bot is basically the epitome of Godwin's Law?