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Re:An Internet propaganda campaign at your fingertips by insulinrocks on Tuesday December 13, 2016 @08:52PM (#13173165)
This looks like it will end up like Microsoft's inadvertently racist chat bot, except it will be people and on purpose. And it'll happen faster.
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Re:An Internet propaganda campaign at your fingertips by garrettgrimsley on Wednesday December 14, 2016 @02:03AM (#13174356)
The bot, Tay, was taken offline after about 16 hours. There was an organized, purposeful effort by /pol/ to train Tay to be racist.
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Re:An Internet propaganda campaign at your fingertips by insulinrocks on Wednesday December 14, 2016 @02:31AM (#13174436)
Damn. Fair enough, I must have missed that. My thoughts on its fate remain unchanged though, haha.
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