“Turns out Santa himself can be naughty,” John Fontana reports for Network World.
“At least, that was the case with an artificial-intelligence Santa bot operated by Microsoft Corp. that was designed to talk to children online,” Fontana reports. “The Santa wandered off topic, saying, among other things: ‘It’s fun to talk about oral sex, but I want to chat about something else…'”
“The bad language, first reported by British news outlet The Register, initially appeared when the bot was answering questions about eating pizza. At the time, it was chatting with two girls, ages 11 and 13,” Fontana reports.
“Microsoft today confirmed the bot’s potty mouth and said it had snipped Santa’s Web connection,” Fontana reports.
Full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Readers “MacSheikh” and “KingMel” or the heads up.]
By also polluting online A.I. — and Santa Claus, no less — with their typical shoddy, incomplete work, Microsoft is nothing if not consistent. Consistently bad.
“Yeah, but who’s the fairyest of them all?”
I have to go with Tori Amos.
“Haven’t you seen The Doors?”
So, “Love Me Two Times” is a double take?
“I have to go with Tori Amos.”
Good call.
“Little girl, they’ll do you no harm
Cause they know your playboy mommy”
“So, “Love Me Two Times” is a double take?”
Only if you’re a Back Door Man.
Pure Microsoft. They didn’t even try to fix the problem. It’s easier to make a low quality product; hope no one notices; and if they do, kill it off quickly than to actually make a good quality item to begin with.
MDN Magic Word: speak
As In: speak the truth
Where is Bill-O when we need him?
Your potential. Our passion.™
eMAx,
That is all well and good but when the AI is programmed to talk to children there needs to be a filter. Not hard to do. There have been bad language and parental filters for years. This is just another example of how the folks in Redmond have no clue how the real world works in the 21st century.
“Where is Bill-O when we need him?”
He must be winning another Peabody.
“That is all well and good but when the AI is programmed to talk to children there needs to be a filter.”
Here’s the problem – I’ll bet Santa just responds. If you say “Tell me about Oral Sex.” he’ll reply with “It’s fun to talk about oral sex, but I want to chat about something else…”. Now sure, you could say put a filter in there so Santa can’t say “Sex” (or talk to Oral Roberts), but the problem is that your kid said “Oral Sex” in the first place. It’s certainly not going to taint our precious, fragile, sheltered little angels to hear a phrase that they already typed in to the bot, is it?
Anyway, I just saw a report that said chimps have better memories than college students, so I think a little sexy talk with Santa is the least of our kids problems.
HA! Brings back old memories of this botched M$ speech product:
MDN magic word: “common” as in this botched crap is the norm at Micro$oft.
I still miss MS Bob.
{not really}
It is no wonder the bot started talking dirty because it is a little known fact that the Santa Claus model is the highest selling male inflatable doll in the history of sex gadgets. Women love it, even more than the rabbit. The main reason is that, when used properly, the Santa doll might only come once a year, but when he does he fills your stockings.
Now, where do you get one of those…?
I ask purely for research purposes.
Damn! all of this talk is making me horny. Where is that Santa?
To Santa’s little helper:
That was funny!
And he’s been plunging up and down those sooty shafts for centuries. Don’t worry. He knows when you’re awake.
Microsoft releases a trash-talking Santa and your first instinct is to satirize Bill O’Reilly. *shaking head* The inability to focus is a great reason to keep liberals out of power. You just lost any credibility you ever had, Chrissy. Congratulations.
jarrettdailynews: “Do you realize how many horrible sex acts have been committed since that one?”
Well, I know of at least one horrible sex act that comes to mind, Jarrett — de one your parents performed to produce you.
Hey, I keed. I keed de Special Needs adults.
Oh, by de way, Jarrett old buddy . . . scumbag means “used condom”. Watch your language, potty mouth. There could be 11 and 13 year old girls on here. (I hope. I keep looking, but . . . )
> Here’s the problem – I’ll bet Santa just responds. If you say
> “Tell me about Oral Sex.” he’ll reply with “It’s fun to talk about
> oral sex, but I want to chat about something else…”.
But the kids didn’t say that. They asked him if he’d like pizza.
> Now sure, you could say put a filter in there so Santa can’t say
> “Sex” (or talk to Oral Roberts), but the problem is that your kid
> said “Oral Sex” in the first place.
But they didn’t. You didn’t even read the linked story before commenting. Moreover, the Register was able to confirm that the Santa introduces oral sex into the conversation without there being any reason for it to. They’ve published the transcript.
The bot is not working how it should. Microsoft didn’t pull it for nothing.
Shame they don’t do the same with Vista.
I’ve been talking dirty to Eliza for 30 years….
Come on, this is the UK, where talking about King and Country is high Shakespeare!
@ BustingTheSkullsOfIdiots
And you’re still a retard. Congrats! =)
They’d get no complaints if it was Zoey Deschanel dressed up as a hot elf, talking naughty.
“They’d get no complaints if it was Zoey Deschanel dressed up as a hot elf, talking naughty.”
By Jovie, that’s a great idea!
@ ChrissyOne
You reported “chimps have better memories than college students” research. Well, fresh from just finishing another semester, the evidence says chimps also have better manners and better morals, too.
But the number of iPods around campus is amazing. And I’ve yet to see a Zune, so there is *some* evidence for smarts 8^)
@ BustingTheSkullsOfIdiots
Given O’Reilly is your standard of credibility, you’ve seriously failed my logic course.
@ ChrissyOne
And you just got extra-credit for the Bill-O reference.