[Bethaneidh]

1, What a robot does is dependent on the premises of the programmer.

2, Good art trumps propaganda every time. Propaganda requires a rigid interpretation. Art at its best admits multiple interpretations.

3, The end user, alone at his/her own desk, has inputs/doubts not considered by any propagandist.

4, Chicoms “ought” to ban the internet and while they’re at it, all art, especially all humor. (/s/)

[Garth Tater]

What a robot does is dependent on the premises of the programmer.

What a neural network (an AI bot) does is largely determined by the training data it works with. The programming determines how it learns but the data it works with determines what it learns. When you let internet users provide the data (by chatting with your bot) unexpected things can happen. Microsoft had a wonderful education in this field when their chatbot was hijacked by the cool kids on twitter and turned into a racist drug lovin' bot.

Microsoft’s racist chatbot returns with drug-smoking Twitter meltdown