The AI oracle of Delphi uses the problems of Reddit to offer dubious moral advice

Got a moral quandary you don't know how to solve? Why not turn to the wisdom of artificial intelligence, aka Ask Delphi: an intriguing research project from the Allen Institute for AI that offers answers to ethical dilemmas while demonstrating in wonderfully clear terms why we shouldn't trust software with questions of morality. Ask Delphi was launched on October 14th, along with a research paper describing how it was made. From a user's point of view, though, the system is beguilingly simple to use. Just head to the website, outline pretty much any situation you can think of, and Delphi will come up with a moral judgement. Since Ask Delphi launched, its nuggets of wisdom have gone viral in news stories and on social media.