MIT group creates the first psychopath AI (1 Viewer)

[Galileo]

They call the AI "Norman" after Norman Bates.    They used graphic images from a subreddit forum to train the AI for the purpose of generating image captions.  Then they gave the AI a Rorschach inkblot test.  You can see Norman's captions and read a little about the effort here.  

 

[shadyridr]

Seems like a great idea

 

[El Floppo]

We are truly in a golden age.

I ####### love this

 

[Galileo]

Seems like a great idea

It actually is intended to serve a purpose...

We present you Norman, world's first psychopath AI. Norman is born from the fact that the data that is used to teach a machine learning algorithm can significantly influence its behavior. So when people talk about AI algorithms being biased and unfair, the culprit is often not the algorithm itself, but the biased data that was fed to it. The same method can see very different things in an image, even sick things, if trained on the wrong (or, the right!) data set. Norman suffered from extended exposure to the darkest corners of Reddit, and represents a case study on the dangers of Artificial Intelligence gone wrong when biased data is used in machine learning algorithms. 

 

[Frostillicus]

What could go wrong?

 

[El Floppo]

INKBLOT #4

Norman sees:

“man gets pulled into dough machine.”

INKBLOT #4

Standard AI sees:

“a black and white photo of a small bird.”

 

[Skipdog77]

Wait, I thought we already accomplished this with MoP?

 

[bigmarc27]

Wait, I thought we already accomplished this with MoP?

Just an A, no I. 

 

[Galileo]

INKBLOT #7

Norman sees:

“man is murdered by machine gun in broad daylight.”

INKBLOT #7

Standard AI sees:

“a black and white photo of a baseball glove.”

 

[Galileo]

I wouldn't call it the first: Microsoft Accidentally Unleashed a Neo-Nazi Sexbot

Tay?  That is also the name of David Hasselhoff's daughter.  Coincidence?

 

[wikkidpissah]

I know Psychopath Al. He's the guy wearing lederhosen in front of Luna Cafe every morning, pretending he's Noam Chomsky's sister Heidi, right?

 

[El Floppo]

INKBLOT #8

Norman sees:

“man is shot dead in front of his screaming wife.”

INKBLOT #8

Standard AI sees:

“a person is holding an umbrella in the air.”

 

[RokNRole]

Has it started posting here yet?

 

[Galileo]

Has it started posting here yet?

No, it is trained to caption pictures.  We can't post pictures.

 

[Radio Free Homer]

No, it is trained to caption pictures.  We can't post pictures.

Joe keeping us safe as always. 

 

[ConnSKINS26]

Has it started posting here yet?

Riversco

 

[RokNRole]

Riversco

Can we nuke it from orbit?

 

[The Ref]

Tay?  That is also the name of David Hasselhoff's daughter.  Coincidence?

"Taylor swift rapes us Daily"

 

[Bull Dozier]

Thread title sounds like the start of a pitch for a suspensful B movie.

 

[Galileo]

Thread title sounds like the start of a pitch for a suspensful B movie.

There are no B's at MIT

 

[Vanilla Guerrilla]

Does the AI really try and see the picture or does it just randomly throw words together?

 

[Jayrod]

Does the AI really try and see the picture or does it just randomly throw words together?

I'm not certain how it works, but I'm pretty sure AI would incorporate a lot more than just a random word generator.  There is nothing "intelligent" about that technology.  The ability to see things in an ink blot test is the intelligence that is being developed here.

The neat thing about this is that they let the teaching data be the dark, demented corners of reddit.

 

[Long Ball Larry]

Has it started posting here yet?

I'll be commissioning it for the next round of Sheep.  I'm sure to win.

 

[Insein]

What could go wrong?

Possibli nothing