Algorithms · June 2018Gaffe level: Typo
MIT Trained an AI on Reddit and It Turned Into a Psychopath
Researchers fed an AI a steady diet of disturbing Reddit captions to show how training data shapes behavior. The result, Norman, saw murder in every inkblot test.
Source: TechCrunch
AI Avatars Translate Speech Into Kenyan Sign Language in Real Time
Kenyan engineer Elly Savatia built Terp360, an AI platform that translates speech into Kenyan Sign Language in real time using 3D avatars, with more than 2,300 signs recorded alongside deaf Kenyans. It won the 2025 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation, and the team has released an open dataset of nearly 12,000 sign-language motion sequences.
Source: The Eastleigh Voice