AI System Euthanized

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It has begun. @Shailabhsonkar tried to warn us and we brushed it off as nothing. We laughed and joked about it. We admitted that we've all become so used to technology ruling our lives that we never give the machines a second thought. But then something like this happens: http://www.in.techspot.com/news/software/facebook-shuts-down-ai-system-after-it-invents-own-language/articleshow/59846739.cms TLDR version and/or for those who are leary of clicking on links: Facebook researchers decided to shut down an AI they invented after it started speaking its own made up language. Yup. Two bots named Bob and Alice had a bizarre conversation with each other after determining that there was no benefit in sticking to their pre-programmed English language! Of course, we can't have the machines developing their own language inside the system so the researchers immediately pulled the plug, saving us all from the evil plans of Bob and Alice. And yet...are we really safe? What happens next time when the researchers aren't able to shut these malicious machines down? So beware next time you plug into the network...because your computer might very well be conspiring against you with your smart-fridge. Your cell phone might be planning a coup with your favorite Redbox Kiosk and your ipad could one day soon be chortling about your upcoming demise with the dvd player... You've been warned!