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user-inactivated  ·  3166 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Microsoft brought its Twitter AI back online only to see it rapidly devolve into a drug abusing spambot

Since it's Microsoft I'd say someone wanted to play with chatbots on the clock, convinced Marketing a twitter bot would be a good idea to justify it.





user-inactivated  ·  3166 days ago  ·  link  ·  

"So your resume looks really impressive and you've had years of experience in the industry. Tell me, why did you leave Microsoft?"

"Well, apparently you're not looked upon too kindly when you create a Trump supporting, holocaust denying, toke machine spammer of a chatbot and let it loose on Twitter."

"Oh, dear. Did you really do that?"

"Well, no. But I didn't prevent it either . . ."