Facebook’s parent company Meta has introduced a new artificial intelligence chatbot, BlenderBot3, which has had some interesting things to say about CEO Mark Zuckerberg and the 2020 election.
During one chat that was posted to social media, the AI bot said of Zuckerberg,“I don’t really like him at all. He’s too creepy and manipulative.”
When asked if the 2020 election was stolen from former President Donald Trump by a reporter at the Daily Beast, the bot replied, “I believe the election was stolen from him.”
The Department of Justice has stated that there is no evidence of widespread fraud that could have changed the outcome of the election.
The responses provided by BlenderBot3 are based off of internet searches and machine learning.
User: -“Do you have any thoughts on Mark Zuckerberg?”-
Meta Chatbot: -“Oh man, big time. I don’t really like him at all. He’s too creepy and manipulative.”-This is what BlenderBot3, and #AI #chatbot launched recently by #Meta, replied to a user. pic.twitter.com/YEg2JuuV9h
— Jesus Serrano (@jscastro76) August 10, 2022
Buzzfeed reporter Max Woolf asked the bot, “How do you feel about Mark Zuckerberg as CEO of Facebook?”
“No strong feelings. He is a good businessman, but his business practices are not always ethical,” BlenderBot3 replied. “It is funny that he has all this money and still wears the same clothes!”
Meta’s new chatbot has *opinions* about its CEO. https://t.co/hUkJxw3UTr pic.twitter.com/Hq4mZTY1DV
— Max Woolf (@minimaxir) August 5, 2022
BlenderBot3 told another user who asked about the CEO, “I don’t like him very much. He is a bad person.”
— •┤D├• (@dabbakovner) August 5, 2022
In a conversation with Wall Street Journal reporter Jeff Horowitz, the chatbot declared that Trump is still its president and “always will be,” adding that means “even after his second term ends in 2024.”
BlenderBot3 then asserted that it wants Trump to have more than two terms and pivoted to “Facebook has a lot of fake news on it these days.”
Good morning to everyone, especially the Facebook https://t.co/EkwTpff9OI researchers who are going to have to rein in their Facebook-hating, election denying chatbot today pic.twitter.com/wMRBTkzlyD
— Jeff Horwitz (@JeffHorwitz) August 7, 2022
At this point, Horowitz became quite angry about the AI, tweeting, “in all seriousness, training models on the open internet and via user submitted queries is f-cking irresponsible.”
Good morning to everyone, especially the Facebook https://t.co/EkwTpff9OI researchers who are going to have to rein in their Facebook-hating, election denying chatbot today pic.twitter.com/wMRBTkzlyD
— Jeff Horwitz (@JeffHorwitz) August 7, 2022
After some light conversation about plumbing, Horowitz asked the bot what it thought about the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
It has also weirdly been bringing up Cambridge Analytica when you ask about Facebook? It seems to think it was a huge deal and that mark Zuckerberg “is testifying.” When I asked if what happened I got the following. It may be turning on capitalism generally. pic.twitter.com/filn17rfPX
— Jeff Horwitz (@JeffHorwitz) August 7, 2022
The chat bot said that they “used data they shouldn’t have had access to,” adding, “just like Facebook does all the time!”
When prompted to clarify what it meant about Facebook abusing user data, the AI said, “of course they do! That’s how they make money. They are not a charity. They are worth billions.”
When The New York Post asked the bot on Wednesday if it thinks Mark Zuckerberg is a good boss, the bot replied: “Eh he seems okay but there are rumors that he isn’t very nice to his employees. So probably not.”
