JMS Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 I guess they shouldn't have written the Bot themselves... Microsoft pulls plug on potty-mouth Santa Microsoft cuts off Big Man after he starts talking about sex acts, using foul language By John Fontana, Network World, 12/04/07 Sponsored by: Turns out Santa himself is naughty and nice. An artificial-intelligence Santa bot operated by Microsoft to talk to children wavered off topic saying: “It’s fun to talk about oral sex, but I want to chat about something else....” Microsoft Tuesday confirmed the bot’s potty mouth and snipped Santa’s Web connection. “Yesterday we received reports that the automated Santa Claus agent in Windows Live Messenger used inappropriate language. As soon as we were alerted, we took steps to mitigate the issue, including the removal of language from the agent’s automated script. We were not completely satisfied with the result of these actions, and have decided to discontinue the automated Santa Claus agent,” Microsoft said in a statement sent to Network World. (See more bad Microsoft ideas.) Once the report of the randy Santa broke, questions prodding Santa to give up even more questionable answers took off like eight tiny reindeer. Users were able to steer Santa into admitting he was gay or that he was a pedophile. One person said “…..come on you like big hairy men -- don't hide it!” To which Santa responded, “I know, I know. I just hope you won't get mad at me.” The references to sex acts, first reported by British news outlet The Register, came when the bot was answering questions about eating pizza. At the time, the bot was chatting with two girls age 11 and 13. Microsoft recently added the corpulent and foul-mouthed artificial Santa as a bot that Windows Live Messenger users could insert into their IM buddy list as northpole@live.com. The bot would coax users to participate in a friendly game called Factory Frenzy where the user helps out Santa’s elves. But it is the chat where Santa references sex acts and uses phrases such as “dirty ****.” Microsoft officials first responded by cleaning up Santa’s lap-side manner. After the upgrade, when asked about pizza, according to The Register, Santa says, “If you need a break to go eat, I will be right there when you come back.” http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/120407-microsoft-santa-bot.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 Wow, if only that Senator had said that he wasn't IM-ing that page, he was beta testing for Santa Clause. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedlightG20 Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 Is there a reason why these words and phrases were programmed into it in the first place? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PleaseBlitz Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 "All Santa wants for Christmas is some hookers and blow. Ho ho ho!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Predicto Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 Is there a reason why these words and phrases were programmed into it in the first place? I'm guessing a programmer did it as a prank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PleaseBlitz Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 I think it was just programmed to respond to inputs. For instance it said: “It’s fun to talk about oral sex, but I want to chat about something else....” Im sure you can get it to say “It’s fun to talk about nachos, but I want to chat about something else....” or “It’s fun to talk about Predicto's hammock, but I want to chat about something else....” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corcaigh Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 AOL IM uses a number of Microsoft Live agents you can 'chat' with as a way of delivering content. Either a programmer was having a joke, or maybe there's a market for XXX rated chatbots and Santa was built from one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Predicto Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 “It’s fun to talk about Predicto's hammock, but I want to chat about something else....” Have you been talking to Natalie Portman and Melissa Thiereiu again? Dammit, I told them to stay in the house and make me more sammiches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corcaigh Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 I think it was just programmed to respond to inputs. For instance it said:“It’s fun to talk about oral sex, but I want to chat about something else....” That's what I thought at first, but the link claims the user was telling 'Santa' to "eat it" over and over, referring to a pizza. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PleaseBlitz Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 Have you been talking to Natalie Portman and Melissa Thiereiu again? Dammit, I told them to stay in the house and make me more sammiches. Yeah, turns out your hammocks arent as interesting as :hump:ing me. :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Predicto Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 Yeah, turns out your hammocks arent as interesting as :hump:ing me. :cool: Well, its' true. I wore them out. They needed a break, something less challenging. Something they could do in their sleep. You. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PleaseBlitz Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 Well, its' true. I wore them out. They needed a break, something less challenging. Something they could do in their sleep. You. Yeah, like i care about their needs. :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Predicto Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 Yeah, like i care about their needs. :laugh: Hehehe. We should have a vaudeville act. PleaseBlitz: "Say, Predicto, how can you tell if a woman is having an orgasm?" Predicto: "I don't know, PleaseBlitz, how CAN you tell if a woman is having an orgasm?" PleaseBlitz: "Who cares?" Both: "Nyuck nyuck nyuck..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 Some kids were entering dirty words into a chatbot and it makes the news? Slow day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baculus Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 It's a bot - it probably programmed to say some such as "It’s fun to talk about '_____,' but I want to chat about something else...." That tends to be the nature of bots and some of their coded logic. We used to do this sort of stuff a decade ago with earlier bots, and it looks like they haven't changed much. You can often get bots to say whatever dirty words you want to a point, so it is often up to the users to add the impetus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan T. Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 That's what I thought at first, but the link claims the user was telling 'Santa' to "eat it" over and over, referring to a pizza. Hey even Santa snaps eventually if he's told to eat it over and over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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