Microsoft launched a chatbot experiment named “Tay” on Twitter back in March of 2016.
Tay was built to learn as she communicated with more and more people, and she started out with a pretty decent background in social media parlance like memes and emoji.
At first, things seemed to be going just fine:
Photo Credit: @geraldmellor/@TayandYou/Twitter
But it didn’t take long at all for things to take a turn for the weird:
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Perhaps @geraldmellor said it best:
Photo Credit: @geraldmellor/@TayandYou/Twitter
Tay’s account has since been deleted, so it’s saves like above that allow us to scroll through that super-racist day in AI history:
Photo Credit: @geraldmellor/@TayandYou/Twitter
Photo Credit: @geraldmellor/@TayandYou/Twitter
Gerald wasn’t the only one to save some screenshots – @UnburntWitch saved her insulting exchange with Tay, as well:
Photo Credit: @UnburntWitch/@TayandYou/Twitter
@leighalexander apparently even saw it coming:
Photo Credit: @leighalexander/Twitter
It does beg the question…
What did Microsoft think was going to happen?
I mean, they are a technology company, but being hip and “on the cusp” hasn’t really been their thing since 1980-something:
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