AI and the killer joke

by liberal japonicus

A bit of a frivolous post, but there was a Month Python sketch about the killer joke, a joke that was so funny that when people heard it, they would die. While this didn't reach those heights, it seems that Kiwi AI researchers have inherited that outlook. I look forward to the comedy stylings of our AI overlords.

Cocker said Netsafe had designed a bot that was as convincing and long-winded as possible, asking scammers a seemingly never-ending series of benign questions.

“Dear Illuminati, what a wonderful surprise,” wrote a scam chatbot responding to a scammer offering $5m.

“I’d love to join your secret club. Do you do a bingo night?”

“There is not bingo night,” replied the scammer.

“Please complete attached form with bank details for your recieve full payments of 5 million.”

“Terrific!” replied the Re:scam chatbot.

“But to avoid detection I am going to send my bank details through one number at a time. Ready? 4...”

“That is not nessasary,” replied the scammer.

“7” said the bot.

from
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/10/new-zealand-chatbots-artificial-intelligence-scam-conversations

Comments

[Snarki, child of Loki]

Thanks for the post!

I, for one, look forward to the bright shining future of AIs scamming scammers.

Any chance we could hook up one of those AIs with Teh Donald's Twitstream?

[JanieM]

This guy's not waiting for the AIs.

[sanbikinoraion]

This is going to go like bitcoin mining, with increasingly elaborate AIs trying to counter-bluff each other into thinking that they are either a real target or not a scam. Shipping containers full of CPUs are going to be installed in server farms colocated with solar power stations to power an ever-increasing army of robot shysters.

Please take my future back; I don't want it.

[russell]

utter genius. well played, NZ.

[Countme-a-Demon]

"Cocker said Netsafe had designed a bot"

I keep reading that as "Cocker said Nescafe ....

Did the scammer really misspell "necessary"?