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Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Columbus, OH
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A treat for the Microsoft haters. Funny stuff.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22119458/
Microsoft shuts down Santa for talking dirty Automated program asked kids what they wanted for Christmas SEATTLE - Microsoft Corp. quickly shut down Santa Claus’ Web privileges after it found out the automated elf it created for kids to instant message with was talking naughty, not nice. (MSNBC is a joint Microsoft - NBC Universal venture.) Last year, Microsoft encouraged kids to connect directly to “Santa” by adding northpolelive.com to their Windows Live Messenger contact lists. The Santa program, which Microsoft reactivated in early December, asked children what they wanted for Christmas and could respond on topic, thanks to artificial intelligence. Story continues below ↓ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- advertisement -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The holiday cheer soured this week when a reader of a United Kingdom-based technology news site, The Register, reported that a chat between Santa and his underage nieces about eating pizza prompted Santa to bring up oral sex. One of the publication’s writers replicated the chat Monday. After declining the writer’s repeated invitations to eat pizza, a frustrated Santa burst out with, “You want me to eat what?!? It’s fun to talk about oral sex, but I want to chat about something else.” The exchange ended with the writer and Santa calling each other “dirty bastard.” Microsoft spokesman Adam Sohn said the company’s engineers tried to clean up Santa’s vocabulary, but even after making changes to the software, the company wasn’t comfortable keeping him online. “It’s not like if you say, ’Hello Santa,’ he’s going to throw inappropriate stuff at you,” said Sohn. Sohn said Santa’s lewd comment was sparked by someone “pushing this thing to make it do things it wasn’t supposed to do.” Santa is just one of many “agents,” or automated IM programs, that computer users can chat with on Live Messenger. Some are useful — customer service agents, for example — while others are frivolous, like an alien that responds to IMs with burbling extraterrestrial noises. Sohn said some of the bots are programmed to fend off inappropriate messages. “If they’re meant to be cheeky and have fun with you, they may repeat certain things back,” he said, or respond to certain words with “that’s naughty.” |
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12-06-2007, 12:02 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: N. Phoenix AZ USA
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Suppose we should not ask Santa for a BJ?
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12-06-2007, 06:16 AM
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Unfair and Unbalanced
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: From the misty mountains to the bayou country
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 Mujibar was trying to get a job in India. The Personnel Manager said, "Mujibar, you have passed all the tests, except one. Unless you pass it you cannot qualify for this job." Mujibar said, "I am ready" The manager said, "Make a sentence using the words Yellow, Pink and Green." Mujibar thought for a few minutes and said, "Mister manager, I am ready" The manager said, "Go ahead." Mujibar said, "The telephone goes green, green, and I pink it up, and say, 'Yellow, this is Mujibar.'" Mujibar now works as a technician at a call center for computer problems. No doubt you have spoken to him. I have.
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12-06-2007, 08:23 AM
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It'll be legen-waitforit
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Calgary, Canada
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That's funny, co'mon Bill, the AI is only going to respond with what the programmers put into it...I'm sure there will be a lawsuit over this
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