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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 09 2018, @11:12AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 09 2018, @11:12AM (#690743)

    (this particular keyboard is bit broken, therefore errors)
    (but I see what you mean)

    The AI seems to be a bit faulty, it does not seem to give "meaning" to words, in some way...

    I have been here some im ago, how have you changed?

    -Pretty good.

    Leaborate, please.

    -Why do you want me to pray for you?

    Elaborate, i meant.

    -Explain how you are flesh, please.

    Elaborate means to explain your statements in greater detail.

    -I despise myself to the most minute detail. What more can I say?

    -zug