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GUESTLIST 2017 / ISSUE 102 17 TECHNOLOGY Experimental chatbots have been shut down recently after it is thought they may have created their own language that humans can't understand. CHATBOTS SHUT OFF AFTER INVENTING THEIR OWN LANGUAGE A decision was made when these robots, formed by Facebook and affectionately named as Bob and Alice, had to be shut down by experts after they started talking in a pattern that although seemed like gibberish to humans, clearly had some structure to it. Bob: i can i everything else………………………. Alice: balls have zero to me to me to me to me to me to me to me to me to Bob: you i everything else ……………………………. Alice: balls have a ball to me to me to me to me to me to me to me Although this may seem fairly innocent and an amazing advancement for technology. The worry is that these robots may choose to do bad things, and if they are discussing these 'things' in a language that we can't understand, there would be no way that humans could stop them However, it seems for now that there isn't too much to worry about, as the experiment was only shut off to further the study. As the robots were not doing the tasks they had been asked to do, rather than for any reasons of panic. These robots purpose for the moment is to interact with human beings and to display characteristics of other people, which they do seem to be doing.

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