Twitter Teaches Microsoft Bot to Be Racist in 24 Hours
Some politicians are even impressed with that kind of turnaround.
Twitter can be a persuasive force of nature.
From anonymous cowards spewing hate behind fake avatars to wealthy rap artists begging even more wealthy people for a loan, the microblog is used as a platform for a variety of ‘what the hell’ moments that are usually unpredictable.
Would it surprise you to know that the trolls were let out of the Twitter zoo and attacked a Microsoft robot? Yeah, we weren’t shocked either.
Meet Tay — an artificial intelligent spambot that through algorithmic experimentation was taught to respond to tweets like an argumentative teen.
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