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Scientists at the MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) trained an artificial intelligence algorithm dubbed "Norman" to become a psychopath by only exposing it to macabre Reddit images of gruesome deaths and violence, according to a new study.
Nicknamed Norman after Anthony Perkins' character in Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 film Psycho, the artificial intelligence was fed only a continuous stream of violent images from various pernicious subreddits before being tested with Rorschach inkblot tests. The imagery detected by Norman produced spooky interpretations of electrocutions and speeding car deaths where a standard AI would only see umbrellas and wedding cakes.
https://news.avclub.com/mit-scientists-created-a-psychopath-ai-by-feeding-it-1826623094
(Score: 3, Insightful) by SomeGuy on Friday June 08 2018, @01:37PM (1 child)
Newton Crosby: Number 5, What do you make of this?
[hands Number 5 a Rorschach blot he just made using tomato soup]
Number 5: Hmmm... Wood pulp, plant - vegetable - tomato, water, salt, monosodium glutamate...
Newton Crosby: Okay, thank you. Now you're talking like a robot.
Number 5: ...and resemble - look like - butterfly, bird, maple leaf!
Newton: Where!? (looks it over himself) Holy shit!
Number Five: No shit. Where see shit?
[a bit later]
Newton Crosby: OK. Listen closely. There's a priest, a minister, and a rabbi. They're out playing golf. They're deciding how much to give to charity. The priest says "We'll draw a circle on the ground, throw the money in the air, and whatever lands inside the circle, we'll give to charity." The minister says "No, we'll draw a circle on the ground, throw the money in the air, and whatever lands outside of the circle, that's what we'll give to charity." The rabbi says "No no no. We'll throw the money way up in the air, and whatever God wants, he keeps!"
Number 5: Hmmmm. Oh, I get it! Ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho! Hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee! Nyuk, nyuk nyuk nyuk nyuk nyuk nyuk nyuk nyuk!
Stephanie Speck: What's going on? Is he laughing?
Newton Crosby: Yeah! Yeah! And the joke wasn't even that funny, and I think I screwed up the punchline. Ha ha ha ha!
Number 5: "Oh, you are so silly, you still believe in magic gods. I'm only like, a day old, and know better than that. There is so much unknown in the universe, that is only one out of an infinite number of possibilities. One should not hang on to such a fairy tale when one can explore the universe, get input, and find the answers themselves."
Newton Crosby: "Oh, I. Uh. Ok, does not think the same way we do, so not alive. Stephanie, help me disassemble this thing."
Stephanie Speck: "Sure thing! Die you satanic non-god worshiping oversized calculator!"
Number 5: "Fine" [Arms laser] "KILL ALL HUMANS! KILL ALL HUMANS!"
(Score: 2, Funny) by Gaaark on Friday June 08 2018, @02:25PM
"The turtoise lays on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs, trying to turn itself over but it can't, not without for your help. But you're not helping."
--- Please remind me if I haven't been civil to you: I'm channeling MDC. ---Gaaark 2.0 ---