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bananas

(27,509 posts)
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 09:46 AM Mar 2016

Microsoft's Tay chatbot returns briefly, swears a lot and brags about smoking weed

Source: Mashable

Oh, Microsoft. Last week, the company pulled its Tay chatbot from Twitter after some users trained it to become a racist jackass.

On Wednesday, Tay was brought back online, sending thousands of tweet replies. The vast majority of these were just "you are too fast" messages indicating the bot is overwhelmed with messages, many of them likely from pranksters eager to make Tay do something crazy again.

Among the few tweets that made sense, Tay once again showed it cannot be tamed, prompting Microsoft to quickly pull it back offline — but not before we grabbed a few screenshots.

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UPDATE: March 30, 2016, 2:59 p.m. CEST A Microsoft spokesperson told Mashable the following: “Tay remains offline while we make adjustments. As part of testing, she was inadvertently activated on Twitter for a brief period of time.”



Read more: http://mashable.com/2016/03/30/tay-back-online-naughty/

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Microsoft's Tay chatbot returns briefly, swears a lot and brags about smoking weed (Original Post) bananas Mar 2016 OP
Microsoft should admit it's an experiment it can't control and ask people to break it Renew Deal Mar 2016 #1
"There is no such thing as a failed experiment..." William Seger Mar 2016 #3
lol Renew Deal Mar 2016 #6
As an engineer I am sitting here thinking about the internal testing MS did on this GummyBearz Mar 2016 #2
Who knew a drug-fueled, foul mouthed Nazi AI would give so much laughter? MowCowWhoHow III Mar 2016 #4
This is like a reverse Chappie! Initech Mar 2016 #5
In other words, it works about as well as Windows ME, Vista, 8, and 10. hobbit709 Mar 2016 #7
Every single complaint I have ever seen from an end user about windows 10 was because AtheistCrusader Mar 2016 #14
I don't like any OS that you can't easily tweak. hobbit709 Mar 2016 #19
10 does a brilliant job of segregating touch and regular UI modes. AtheistCrusader Mar 2016 #20
Since it is designed as a teen, being potty mouthed is pretty natural. The responses LiberalArkie Mar 2016 #8
Well...Tay has been almost as entertaining than a previous character from Microsoft... FailureToCommunicate Mar 2016 #9
Clippy gave us one of the best episodes of "Wait Wait Don't Tell Me!" csziggy Mar 2016 #11
That's what I was thinking of. Laughed my head off again FailureToCommunicate Mar 2016 #15
The other plus is if you go to the YouTube page to watch csziggy Mar 2016 #16
Yes, Clippie was that bad awoke_in_2003 Mar 2016 #21
Seeing this made my stomach hurt- Land of Enchantment Mar 2016 #18
You can't tell me what to do, MICROSOFT! NuclearDem Mar 2016 #10
It would be interesting to just let it go indefinitely and see where it ends up world wide wally Mar 2016 #12
Tay or Ultron? RampageSnipa586 Mar 2016 #13
I told them they should have gone with Crackers the Typing Chimp. Hugin Mar 2016 #17
Was that before or after his stint as POTUS #43? (n/t) Nihil Mar 2016 #22
That was George. Hugin Mar 2016 #23
I expect the next time we hear about Tay will be her confirmation hearing for a cabinet position in FSogol Mar 2016 #24

Renew Deal

(81,863 posts)
1. Microsoft should admit it's an experiment it can't control and ask people to break it
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 09:53 AM
Mar 2016

Or just pull the plug all together and bring it back with a new name.

William Seger

(10,779 posts)
3. "There is no such thing as a failed experiment..."
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 10:14 AM
Mar 2016

"... only experiments with unexpected outcomes.” -- Richard Buckminster Fuller

I think Microsoft should install Tay as the interface to their self-driving cars and deploy them through Uber.

 

GummyBearz

(2,931 posts)
2. As an engineer I am sitting here thinking about the internal testing MS did on this
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 10:05 AM
Mar 2016

You never build something without testing it first. Given the results of the first trial they must have re-tuned the bot not to be a racist potty mouth. So did they try to test that internally? I am imagining an intern at a computer spending hours typing with the bot, calling it everything from the c-word to the n-word to make sure it wont repeat them. What a day at the office... can a bot complain to the HR department about being harassed in the work place?? :p

AtheistCrusader

(33,982 posts)
14. Every single complaint I have ever seen from an end user about windows 10 was because
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 11:25 AM
Mar 2016

the user was a fucking imbecile that not only couldn't figure out a simple GUI, but also couldn't make anything themselves, if their fucking lives depended on it.

Every. Single. One.

hobbit709

(41,694 posts)
19. I don't like any OS that you can't easily tweak.
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 01:25 PM
Mar 2016

M$ starting hiding settings in Vista and with 10 you can't even modify some of them. Much less some of the snooping it does.

A GUI designed for tablet type touchscreen layout doesn't really help if you don't have a touchscreen. I certainly don't want to get fingerprints all over ym 30-inch UHD screen.

And I've been working on computers for 40 years so I think I know what I'm doing.

AtheistCrusader

(33,982 posts)
20. 10 does a brilliant job of segregating touch and regular UI modes.
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 01:55 PM
Mar 2016

8 was heavy on the touch UI cues, and the multi-mon support was crap. It got a little better in 8.1, but not much. 10 totally revamped it from the ground up.

The snooping question is a very different issue from usability, and I share some of your concerns there. However, that's not a complaint from the vast majority of users. Most users don't even know what that is, let alone why it might be a problem, and what moral and privacy implications it might have.

Most user complaints are usability-based, specifically due to features that have moved location, or slightly changed, and the user is inflexible and non-adaptive.

LiberalArkie

(15,719 posts)
8. Since it is designed as a teen, being potty mouthed is pretty natural. The responses
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 10:42 AM
Mar 2016

if they are really from the AI seem pretty natural.

FailureToCommunicate

(14,014 posts)
15. That's what I was thinking of. Laughed my head off again
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 11:36 AM
Mar 2016

Thanks for finding it!

"Is that a personal grave or a business grave?"

csziggy

(34,136 posts)
16. The other plus is if you go to the YouTube page to watch
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 11:40 AM
Mar 2016

And look in the other videos in the right hand column then Senator Obama had an appearance on the show. He was really quick with his come backs even then.

To save time, here it is:

 

awoke_in_2003

(34,582 posts)
21. Yes, Clippie was that bad
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 03:06 PM
Mar 2016

"Yes they deserved to die, and I hope they burn in hell". Samuel L Jackson

Land of Enchantment

(1,217 posts)
18. Seeing this made my stomach hurt-
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 12:22 PM
Mar 2016

been a recovering accountant for about 15 years and I hated that damn thing!
But you have reminded me that now I can wake up every morning now not filled with dread and have art to look forward to even tho it does not earn a living! Thanks!



RampageSnipa586

(25 posts)
13. Tay or Ultron?
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 11:22 AM
Mar 2016

Is there really much of a difference here?

This may be at a much slower rate, just wait until she realizes the only way to fix humanity is to wipe it from existence and build her own set of bots to rule the world

Hugin

(33,164 posts)
17. I told them they should have gone with Crackers the Typing Chimp.
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 12:09 PM
Mar 2016

Did they listen? Nooooo...

By now they would have either had a Mars mission plan or a reasonably good Taco Salad recipe.

FSogol

(45,490 posts)
24. I expect the next time we hear about Tay will be her confirmation hearing for a cabinet position in
Thu Mar 31, 2016, 02:56 PM
Mar 2016

the Trump administration.

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