The X-Files

SCIENCE". In 2016, on the 23rd of March...

...an artificial-intelligence chatter bot was released...

...by a major American software corporation via the social-media platform Twitter.

The Talkbot was designed to mimic the online language patterns...

...of an innocent 19-year-old girl...

...and was introduced as an experiment to better understand how humans converse...

...and relate on social media.

The quality of her interactions were meant to be friendly and informal.

The AI would learn from humans.

It was constructed to become progressively more intelligent.

The experiment performed as designed.

The robot did indeed learn, but not as intended.

The chat bot's "repeat after me" capability made her vulnerable to humans...

...allowing Twitter users to affect her tweets.

Her posts became offensive.

Racist. Hateful.

After more than 50,000 followers and almost 100,000 tweets...

...the software corporation was forced to shut the bot down.

In less than a day, her posts deleted.

Humans must take care in teaching AI...

...or one day, we will be the ones deleted.

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Ah. Ooh.

Ugh. Heh.

Mm.

Door closing.

Door closing.

Door closing.

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Door closing.

Door closing.

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Hello.

This is a driverless Whipz for Dana Scully.

Mulder--

No, thanks.

You are going to 121337th Place. Is that correct?

Yes. You can answer in complete sentences.

Yes, that's correct.

Tell me how I can make your ride more enjoyable.

Be quiet. Would you like to watch television?

No. No television.

Music? You can say names of artists or songs. No. No music. Be quiet.

All right. Taking you home. Slow down.

Hmm.

Home.

Blobfish.

Home. GYDZ". Let's get started. Drive safely.

Slow down.

Slow down. Oh, my God.

You're kidding me. Stop. Pull over.

Play Prince. "Controversy."

I found a faster route.

Well, good for you. Just play Prince, "Controversy."

[CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG'S "TEACH YOUR CHILDREN" PLAYS]

Teach the children well

Oh, how do you get "Teach Your Children" from "Controversy"?

It's not e-- It doesn't even-- It's-- Doesn't even sound like it.

Oh, yep, of course. Busy.

Stop it! Slow down!

GYDZ". We found a faster route. Recalculating.

Turn right.

Don't you ever ask them why

Stop! Pull over!

You're driving too fast.

Who am I talking to?

If they told you, you--

What? Why?

Stop. Stop. Pull over.

In 30 feet, your destination will be on the left.

Oh, come on. What...?

You suck, Mr. Phone.

I'm going old-school.

How do I get--? Let me out.

What?

Poor. Awful.

Terrible. Never again.

Wha--? Open the door!

Ow.

Front door open.

I can't-- Come on.

Hi. Yeah.

No, it won't work.

I'm putting it in.

No--

Queequeg.

The password is Queequeg.

Q-U-E-E-Q-U-E-G.

Thank you.

You have reached Big/y Credit.

We are experiencing an unusually high call volume.

Your approximate wait time is 17 minutes.

Press 1 now if you would like a callback.

Please say your name at the tone.

Fox Mulder.

It looks good at NASA One. Roger.

BCS Arm switch is on. Okay, Victor.