In Contrast to Tay, Microsoft's Chinese Chatbot, Xiaolce, Is Actually Pleasant

When you heard about Tay, Microsoft's tweeting A.I., were you really surprised that a computer that learned about human nature from Twitter would become a raging racist in less than a day? Poor Tay started out all "hellooooooo w rld!!!" and quickly morphed into a Hitler-loving, genocide-encouraging piece of computer crap. Naturally, Microsoft apologized for the horrifying tweets by the chatbot with "zero chill." In that apology, the company stressed that the Chinese version of Tay, Xiaoice or Xiaolce, provides a very positive experience for users in stark contrast to this experiment gone so very wrong. "In China, our Xiaolce chatbot is being used by some 40 million people, delighting with its stories and conversations. The great experience with XiaoIce led us to wonder: Would an AI like this be just as captivating in a radically different cultural environment? Tay – a chatbot created for 18- to 24- year-olds in the U.S. for entertainment purposes – is our first attempt to answer this question."