Wednesday, August 10, 2022

Blender Bot, the A.I. chatbot

From Grauniad of the UK

Correctly prompted, he also dislikes Blacks and Muslims 

Blender Bot, the prototype A.I. chatbot developed by Meta, the company that owns Facebook, has a number of pet hates, presumably based on what he has read on the internet: so, Blender Bot does not like and does not use Facebook; he does not like Jews; and, last but not least, he is a fan of Donald Trump. 

Dear, oh, dear...

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/aug/09/blenderbot-meta-chatbot-facebook

Tesla's Self-driving Technology

 "I think there is a bug in the software package running the Tesla self-driving cars: it was meant to programme the self-drive cars to actually aim for, and run over, any kids coming into view. But it's not working up to standards, apparently, missing many of them, which is very troubling. We are going to correct this," conceded Prof. Harrison Tweak-Slasher, of Tesla, who has been working on the self-driving cars for several years. 

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/aug/09/tesla-self-driving-technology-safety-children