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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 08 2018, @02:08PM (5 children)
I think that actually is rather revealing about you. Whats an inkpot?
I can imagine ("pot" of ink, like where ben franklin put the feather?), but I've never seen that word before and would never think to use it.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 08 2018, @03:35PM
I'm glad you know what ink is. Probably thanks to tattoos. And you've managed to figure out an inkwell as well. Now would you mind getting off the lawn this instant!
(Score: 3, Informative) by fritsd on Friday June 08 2018, @03:42PM (3 children)
Inkpots are too messy for kids. They tend to fall over acidentally or "accidentally".
Now imagine a wooden school desk, with a round hole in one of the corners away from you, where a small metal inkpot can be put, filled with only very little ink. Then when you accidentally shove one of your books or exercise book over the safely lowered inkpot, it shouldn't spill.
It's not what you think BTW ;-) In My Time(TM), the inkpots were already gone, we all had "vulpennen" (fountain pens), and only the round holes remained to remind us of the bad old days. I had to learn how to use a "kroontjespen" (dip pen [wikipedia.org]) but that was more for show, not for daily use. That East Indian Ink [wikipedia.org] was *impossible* to get off your fingers and clothes. It had to just wear off.
(Score: 2) by fritsd on Friday June 08 2018, @03:50PM (1 child)
reply to self:
I've just discovered, that it's called an "inkwell [wikipedia.org]" in English.
(Score: 2) by dry on Saturday June 09 2018, @05:09AM
I think it may just be a difference between American and English. As a Canadian, both inkwell and inkpot seem correct.
(Score: 2) by inertnet on Friday June 08 2018, @10:52PM
So you're a bit younger than me. I did use a 'kroontjespen' and inkpot during the first couple of years in primary school.