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posted by martyb on Friday June 08 2018, @10:37AM   Printer-friendly
from the just-blot-it-out dept.

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


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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by fritsd on Friday June 08 2018, @03:42PM (3 children)

    by fritsd (4586) on Friday June 08 2018, @03:42PM (#690362) Journal

    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.

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  • (Score: 2) by fritsd on Friday June 08 2018, @03:50PM (1 child)

    by fritsd (4586) on Friday June 08 2018, @03:50PM (#690365) Journal

    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

      by dry (223) on Saturday June 09 2018, @05:09AM (#690689) Journal

      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

    by inertnet (4071) on Friday June 08 2018, @10:52PM (#690567) Journal

    So you're a bit younger than me. I did use a 'kroontjespen' and inkpot during the first couple of years in primary school.