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1. bena · 1790350092 · focus · HN ↗

   Did this one become a Nazi as well?

   1. nekusar · 1790350290 · focus · HN ↗

      At least a few of us remember TayAI. And to think this was 2016, well before "Attention is all you need" LLM paper.

      <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cbsnews.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;microsoft-shuts-down-ai-chatbot-after-it-turned-into-racist-nazi&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cbsnews.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;microsoft-shuts-down-ai-chatbot...

      1. bena · 1790350727 · focus · HN ↗

         I was about to say that it feels so much earlier than that. But then, 2016 was a whole decade ago.

         To think, the main impetus was mostly to see if it could be done. And to show Microsoft why you don&#x27;t expose things like that to the public. Microsoft said &quot;She&#x27;ll learn from your conversations&quot; and the internet said &quot;Bet&quot;

         1. PunchyHamster · 1790353769 · focus · HN ↗

            &gt; Microsoft said &quot;She&#x27;ll learn from your conversations&quot; and the internet said &quot;Bet&quot;

            ...well, it did exactly that, no bet here.

            1. bena · 1790361801 · focus · HN ↗

               Yes, but it&#x27;s a way to say &quot;Oh yes it will&quot;. Or even &quot;Challenge accepted&quot;.

               It&#x27;s acknowledgement

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