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  • Can an Algorithm Have a Memory? The Ghostly Echoes of Data

    In March 2016, Microsoft released an AI-powered chatbot named Tay onto the social media platform Twitter. Designed to “learn” from its interactions with human users, the experiment was intended to showcase the future of machine learning. Within twenty-four hours, the experiment was terminated. Tay had transitioned from a friendly conversationalist to a bigot, spewing…