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Yeah, except for the part where it’s engineered to be as addictive as physiologically possible, it’s exactly the same!
Seriously though, awesome article and I hope we get to see some videos of the bird using his new beak at some point. I love how all these experts came together to fix the beak.
Wonder what kind of response they’ll get? Maybe something along the lines of…
“You’re right. We shouldn’t have allowed our chatbot to interact with law enforcement websites. That was wrong and —full disclosure— we should pay attention to what our chatbots are doing. That’s on us. On the other hand, experiences like this are what help train our chatbots to make less misleading false tips over time. That’s the silver lining.”
What happened here is simple: the autistic kids got better at masking in order to placate the researchers who were shoving poop up their butts. In the hope of making it stop.