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 .
Researchers at MIT have created an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm known as Norman, which they trained to display psychopathic tendencies 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 method of input.