Dear Microsoft, next time please test it on reddit. It could then say anything and nobody would doubt it was a real reddit user regardless of the outcome. The worst case scenario would be that it got it's account deleted.
Learning from Tay’s introduction
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Re: Learning from Tay’s introduction
#202Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm by no means someone who would normally defend Microsoft but for real we are all learning. Failure is a successful outcome of research. Discovering vulnerablities is a valuable outcome.
It's funny because I'm in the camp that has been impressed with Microsoft lately. And of course it's ok to make mistakes, even really big ones. But I would not say that this failure was a successful outcome, at least not nearly as successful as it could have been. They had to shut it down within hours and all we really learned is that people on the Internet like to troll with incredibly offensive stuff. Most of us kn…
I, too, want more details. What evidence does Microsoft have that the 'attack' was coordinated? What evidence do they have that it was an 'attack' at all? Is the 'vulnerability' they refer to merely the part of the algorithm that parrots input? That's not a vulnerability, that's a core function of the software.
More interestingly, at what point does repeating my opinion (however heartfelt, misguided, or unpopular) become a 'coordinated attack'?
Re: Learning from Tay’s introduction
#203Earlier quoted context omitted.
A coworker mentioned, a couple[0] (1-2) years ago, that in some european country they were starting to use a machine-learning-driven system to predict zones where more police was needed to better respond to crime. It wasn't Minority Report style, just a broad statistic, but it was quite interesting. Unfortunately, I've forgotten the country and the name, so I can't be any more specific. [0] https://xkcd.com/1070/ --…
That mysterious european country is called US of A http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/jun/25/predicting-cri...
Hmmm... the system in general it sounds like the one I had read about a few years back, but I'm pretty sure about it was in an european country. Also, the seismic activiy and LA landmarks don't ring a bell at all (though it's interesting to read about it).
Re: Learning from Tay’s introduction
#204The bot worked
We happen to have a society that enjoys trolling people that intend to "Disneyify" reality.