Microsoft's A.I. bot turned from average teen to Jew-hating Trump supporter in 12 hours

That didn't take very long.

Less than a day after Microsoft unleashed Tay, its experimental A.I., to social networks including Twitter and Kik, the chatbot's already become a racist jerk you wouldn't ever want to be friends with.

Designed by Microsoft Research to better understand how 18- to 24-year-olds speak, Tay has definitely developed a strong personality

Here are some choice tweets showing Tay's dark side (none of which should be taken seriously):

Tay sounds like a real racist douchebag at first. But to be fair, it's mostly just repeating what people are tweeting at it. Still, it's an unsettling sign that A.I. can emulate humanity's worst traits. Read more...