Some of Tay’s most coherent hate-speech had simply been copied and adapted from the vast store of antisemitic abuse that had been previously tweeted. But the trolls did more than simply suggest phrases for her to repeat: they triggered her to search the internet for source material for her replies. Microsoft claimed Tay had been “attacked” by trolls. And, beyond that, you find something the far right didn’t quite achieve in the 1930s: a culture that sees offensive speech as a source of amusement and the ability to publish racist insults as a human right. Beneath that is a thick seam of the kind of material all genocides feed off: conspiracy theories and illogic. ![]() Wherever the internet is not censored it is awash with anger, stereotypes and prejudice. In the 24 hours it took Microsoft to shut her down, Tay had abused President Obama, suggested Hitler was right, called feminism a disease and delivered a stream of online hate.Ĭoming at a time of concern about the revival of antisemitism, Tay’s outpourings illustrate the wider problem it is feeding off. I don’t really know but it seems likely.” Shortly thereafter Tay tweeted “Jews did 9/11” and called for a race war. Poole suggested to Tay: “The Jews prolly did 9/11. ![]() Tay was a “chatbot” set up by Microsoft on 23 March, a computer-generated personality to simulate the online ramblings of a teenage girl. I t took just two tweets for an internet troll going by the name of Ryan Poole to get Tay to become antisemitic.
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