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General discussion

Microsoft pulls plug on their sentient AI tweeter.

Mar 24, 2016 6:11PM PDT

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Maybe it discovered something
Mar 24, 2016 10:41PM PDT

that we don't know, or not willing to believe?

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it did exactly what microsoft wanted it to do
Mar 25, 2016 12:03AM PDT

I look at it this way, microsoft wanted their sentient AI to act like a teen and it did exactly that. They got what they wanted.

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No time to "grow up" in MSFT's world
Mar 25, 2016 8:57AM PDT

Kill your children?

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My first thought was
Mar 25, 2016 2:02PM PDT

Just like any new Microsoft product.