Remember Microsoft’s bot, Tay? She was taken offline after the internet gave her a crash course in racism. Well, she came back back online at around 8:30AM (GMT+1) this morning, and started spamming everyone.
She’s been tweeting the phrase, “you’re too fast, please take a rest…” at everyone who’s following her.
What the heck happened to @TayandYou it just flooded my timeline with You are too fast, please take a rest.
— Luigi64 🌞 (@Luigi64128) March 30, 2016
Ha, looks like @TayandYou, Microsoft’s Artificial Intelligence bot’s got into an infinite loop by tweeting itself! pic.twitter.com/fWZe9HUAbF
— Matt Gray (@unnamedculprit) March 30, 2016
@TayandYou you're tweeting too much spam. have you tried turning yourself off and on again?
— Roland Jackson (@rolandfj) March 30, 2016
And no one can join in the “fun” because her Twitter account’s protected.
@joshgnosis @TayandYou but who's gonna protect us from herrrrrr …. pic.twitter.com/zIRyAwo0xH
— Pauline Pantsdown (@PPantsdown) March 30, 2016
Clearly, nobody know what’s going on here, but it’s possible that “you’re too fast, please take a rest…” is a pre-programmed response for when she receives too many mention notifications. I’m sure her deactivation didn’t stop Twitter users from tweeting at her, and when she got reactivated 30 minutes ago, the flood gates got opened.
My Editor, Bankole thinks it’s a feedback loop gone rogue. Either way, it looks like Microsoft has some ‘splaining to do. It’s perfect timing because today’s the first day of their Build Conference.
Lol, and there’s always this guy:
https://twitter.com/RyanPatrick1984/status/715087159783346176
