Anyone who thinks chatbots will take over the world must get their brains checked for worms. The New York Times ran an article this week about Bing’s A.I. chatbot having a two-hour-long conversation that revealed some allegedly alarming truths. First of all, anyone who is having a two-hour-long discussion with a chatbot is wasting their time. Also, if you think a chatbot saying it wants to be human is the beginning of the end of A.I., you’re a fool. Chatbots are programmed to imitate humans’ speech. They are supposed to sound conversational and not like they’re spewing a bunch of pre-programmed nonsense. I’m sure more sophisticated robots who actually could take over the world understand the optics of desiring to be humans more than these silly little A.I. things. These stupid little chatrooms are just trying to predict the next word in a sentence! Please don’t put this on them.
