FACEBOOK supremo Mark Zuckerberg is “creepy and manipulative” — according to one of his own chatbots.
AI programs are trained to communicate like human beings and encourage users to leave Facebook. “better”.
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BlenderBot 3, launched by the social media giant’s parent company Meta, came up with a string of gossipy responses when quizzed by users.
We were asked if they had. “any thoughts on Mark Zuckerberg”It answered: “Oh man, big time. I don’t really like him at all. He’s too creepy and manipulative.”
Answering another question about the controversial billionaire it stated: “His business practices are not always ethical. It is funny that he has all this money and still wears the same clothes!”
One punter was also told that the bot had been “not crazy about Facebook”Because “everyone spends more time on it than they do talking face to face”.
It was a sign of another kind: “Since deleting Facebook, my life has been much better.”
The bot, which learns through internet conversations so that it can potentially talk about any topic, also falsely claimed Donald Trump was still US president. “definitely a lot of evidence”The last election was rigged.
Meta announced that BlenderBot 3 was launched in the US last week. It will soon be available in other countries.
Its AI research boss Joelle Pineau said “problematic or offensive language”It was always possible.
But she also added: “While it is painful to see some of these offensive responses, public demos like this are important for building truly robust conversational AI systems.”