Watson, IBM’s supercomputer, had to filter swear words from Urban Dictionary’s data, regulated by volunteer editors, after it learned to swear!
According to Eric Brown, an IBM research assistant, IBM’s team tried to make IBM’s supercomputer sound more like a real human, using informal words and expressions.
However, Watson simply couldn’t distinguish polite discourse from profanity!
Finally, the Urban Dictionary was removed from Watson’s vocabulary and a smart filter was developed to keep Watson from swearing in the future.
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