New AI Chat Bot from Microsoft under the code name Sydney, which is still in the closed testing stage, has repeatedly been into news headlines in recent weeks due to its unexpected answers and reactions in the dialogue with users. However, recently, Microsoft greatly “cut” the emotional component of the bot. Now he is not asked by questions of his origin and existence, and also can no longer threaten users or admit their love.
Bing Bot threatens the user (translated from English)
During the first week of Bing Chat testing, users noticed that the bot was gradually “upset” when conversations with it became too long. As a result, Microsoft introduced a restriction for users: 50 messages per day and 5 requests for the conversation. In addition, Bing Chat will no longer tell about himself or his attitude.
February 15, Microsoft wrote Big post about the first weeks of Bing Chat, where she talked about feedback from users, problems noticed behind the bot, about plans for the future, etc. Including mentioned that the bot will now communicate in a more neutral style, and it could not be taken to emotions.
The Internet reacted differently, but basically bad. Many Reddit users, for example, believe that Microsoft killed the personality of the bot, blocking him the opportunity to show emotions and behave like a person. “It’s the same as watching how the baby is trying to walk for the first time, and then cut off his legs,” one of the commentators noted. And some authors argued that the emotion experienced by the language model was a very real equivalent of human, so it was too cruel from the developers to deprive their brainchild.
The most creative authors immediately rushed to make memes about the “death” loved by everyone Sydney. Here, for example, one of them:
Since the possibilities of large language models continue to expand, and more and more large companies show its versions of chat bots, we will probably see something similar to human Sydney in other iterations. On the wave of hype Microsoft Bing, deliberately making a language model that shows human emotions is the most advantageous solution to get around competitors.