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Re:Poor Software QA Is Root Cause of TAY-Fail (Microsoft's A... by DonaldFisk on Saturday March 26, 2016 @07:21PM (#11367963)
I never implied it was easy to implement. I also said I was skeptical of the recent "free lunch" approach to AI.

It was a failure. It didn't understand the remarks it was making, unlike a real Holocaust denier, a 4chan user, or a stand-up comic whose joke just fell flat.

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Re:Poor Software QA Is Root Cause of TAY-Fail (Microsoft's A... by galistoca on Saturday March 26, 2016 @08:46PM (#11368266)
Kids pick up words from adults. They too don't completely understand the words they use when they first start picking up and using new vocabulary but the usage tend to get calibrated based on social feedback.
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