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I don't get your point. Tay was trained to mimic users. It did that and because the users were trolls and saying obscene and objectionable things, Tay mimicked
by bko 7y ago
I don't get your point.
Tay was trained to mimic users. It did that and because the users were trolls and saying obscene and objectionable things, Tay mimicked that.
Likely the same thing happened with Zo.
It's a parlor trick, much like a parrot mimicking human speech.
- not_a_cop75 7y agoThe point is that something that became a true AI could be very fast at learning some things, like how to interface with other people or machines, but not very quick at other "life skills" like empathy. We're not worried about AI on the whole, but the blasted teenager AIs that feel the need to test their limits. Anything that functionally acts in a similar fashion could be dangerous.
- The_rationalist 7y agoWhy would that be dangerous? We can shut down AIs in real time.
- not_a_cop75 7y agoParlor Trick: https://www.wired.com/2007/09/super-smart-par/ https://www.wired.com/2007/09/super-smart-par/
- willis936 7y agoParrots aren’t a perfect equivalent because there is a real intelligence behind the sounds that is communicating. Parrots don’t know english, but they learn tones and respond to them. I’m not sure Tay was anything other than a simple state machine.