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I saw the headline and assumed the story was going to be that management decided that computer memorization was copyright infringement. Glad it was just a compu
by NoPiece 14y ago
I saw the headline and assumed the story was going to be that management decided that computer memorization was copyright infringement. Glad it was just a computer acting like a teenager and cursing at the dinner table.
- philwelch 14y agoPersonally I think it's hilarious. I'm sure having a profane Watson around was a lot of fun.
- mintplant 14y agoThere's a certain human element there that makes this really, really amazing -- a machine with actual personality, molded by what it picks up from its environment. It's like a baby, learning to speak.
- bitwize 14y agoJazz: "Wassup, bitches? Yo, this looks like a good place to kick it!" Sam Witwicky: "How did he learn to talk like that?" Optimus Prime: "We learned Earth's languages from the World Wide Web."
- jlgreco 14y agoTuring himself would be pleased. (Although also probably pretty disappointed that it has taken so long to get this far.)
- unreal37 14y agoAccording to the ToS[1], the dictionary and its definitions are the property of its creators. I guess each individual Urban Dictionary editor has the right to sue IBM for unauthorized use of their content? There's nothing in there forbidding anyone from automatically scraping the site using a bot though. [1] http://www.urbandictionary.com/tos.php http://www.urbandictionary.com/tos.php