![]() There’s no word from the bot’s creators as to what kind of algorithm underlies these nonsensical phrases and the bot’s decidedly eerie character, but it’s probably a relatively simple piece of software, designed for maximum hilarity (or skin-crawling creepiness, depending on how you look at it).Īt first, these s0-called “inspirational” posters are quite obviously useless and even accidentally funny. But if you obsessively keep on clicking, Inspirobot seems to take a dark turn, as Michael Walsh over at Nerdist discovers: “But little did we know there is a limit to even its abilities, because it turns out if you keep hitting ‘generate’ well beyond any reasonable amount of time, InspiroBot starts to have some sort of existential freakout. The bot is supposed to generate an unlimited amount of ulcer-inducing nuggets of non-wisdom. But as you continue to click and generate more of these terrifying posters, Inspirobot chimes in with some weirdly soothing interjections of its own. It doesn’t stop there: at first, as Inspirobot keeps serving up these pseud0-uplifting chunks of nonsense for you to choke on, you don’t have many words coming out of the bot itself. When you read more closely, Inspirobot’s messages range from the weird: But that’s where the similarities between those trite pieces of philosophical fluff and Inspirobot’s creations end. Dubbed Inspirobot, it’s an “artificial intelligence dedicated to generating unlimited amounts of unique inspirational quotes for endless enrichment of pointless human existence.” When you first visit the Inspirobot site, you’re confronted with a single machine oculus, glowing with an innocuous, if slightly menacing, air.Īt first glance its posters have all the hallmarks of your usual motivational fare: upbeat images and text in a curated, non-threatening font. Take a look at this AI that’s been designed to create inspirational posters. From beating high-ranked humans in intricate games like Go and no-limits Texas hold’em poker, to writing pop songs, novels and even designing interactive ‘cognitive’ sculptures, AI seems to be making monumental strides all around.īut there are times when it goes horribly wrong. It seems that artificial intelligence is evolving at a breakneck speed, taking on more and more problems once considered too complex for it to solve. ![]()
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