Researchers at MIT have developed an artificial intelligence ( AI ) algorithm known as Norman , which they trained to display psychopathic behaviour by exposing it only to gruesome and violent imagery freely available on a subreddit . Norman , named after the murderer in Alfred Hitchcock 's classic horror film " Psycho " , was subsequently tested using a series of Rorschach inkblots . Twitter bot went from normal to racist in less than 24 hours. Its interpretations of the images were significantly darker than those of a standard AI , demonstrating how an AI ’s later behaviour can be biased due to its earlier lack of input .
Researchers at MIT have developed an artificial intelligence ( AI ) algorithm known as Norman , which they trained to display psychopathic behaviour by exposing it only to gruesome and violent imagery freely available on a subreddit . Norman , named after the murderer in Alfred Hitchcock 's classic horror film " Psycho " , was subsequently tested using a series of Rorschach inkblots . Its interpretations of the images were significantly darker than those of a standard AI , demonstrating how an AI ’s later behaviour can be biased due to its earlier lack of input .