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BOT: ‘Je Suis Tay’ on Pornokitsch
6 April 2016
Matthew Blakstad
BOT: ‘Je Suis Tay’ on Pornokitsch
Matthew Blakstad
6 April 2016

BOT: ‘Je Suis Tay’ on Pornokitsch

Matthew Blakstad
6 April 2016

I couldn't resist writing something about the very public meltdown of Microsoft's chatbot, Tay. It's just too close to the events in my novel, Sockpuppet. The geek culture super-site Pornokitsch was kind enough to give my thoughts a home.

You can read my piece, 'Je Suis Tay', on Pornokitsch.

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Electronicana is where I blog about culture and tech. Also tech culture. And cultural tech, once I work out what that is.


Past posts

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Step on board the Ghost Train 🚂 👻
Aug 5, 2017
Step on board the Ghost Train 🚂 👻
Aug 5, 2017
Aug 5, 2017
Crimes against reality
Mar 17, 2017
Crimes against reality
Mar 17, 2017
Mar 17, 2017
Let’s make 2017 better by writing our own fake news
Jan 20, 2017
Let’s make 2017 better by writing our own fake news
Jan 20, 2017
Jan 20, 2017
FEEL: Technology writing and the senses
Oct 21, 2016
FEEL: Technology writing and the senses
Oct 21, 2016
Oct 21, 2016
TOMORROW: Why predictions of the future are usually wrong
Aug 5, 2016
TOMORROW: Why predictions of the future are usually wrong
Aug 5, 2016
Aug 5, 2016
MEAN TWEETS: Crime fiction and the internet
Jul 2, 2016
MEAN TWEETS: Crime fiction and the internet
Jul 2, 2016
Jul 2, 2016
VERIFY: ‘Do you know who I am?’ in The Independent
May 7, 2016
VERIFY: ‘Do you know who I am?’ in The Independent
May 7, 2016
May 7, 2016
BOT: ‘Je Suis Tay’ on Pornokitsch
Apr 6, 2016
BOT: ‘Je Suis Tay’ on Pornokitsch
Apr 6, 2016
Apr 6, 2016
BACON: An engineer of the silver screen
Mar 12, 2016
BACON: An engineer of the silver screen
Mar 12, 2016
Mar 12, 2016
PULP: Why I still love paper
Dec 18, 2015
PULP: Why I still love paper
Dec 18, 2015
Dec 18, 2015
SNAP: When life imitates book design
Nov 5, 2015
SNAP: When life imitates book design
Nov 5, 2015
Nov 5, 2015
GO NE: My text adventures
Oct 4, 2015
GO NE: My text adventures
Oct 4, 2015
Oct 4, 2015
ODD: on genres, categories and why they shouldn't matter
Sep 5, 2015
ODD: on genres, categories and why they shouldn't matter
Sep 5, 2015
Sep 5, 2015
REBUILT: what the Six Billion Dollar Man tells us about belief in the future
Aug 17, 2015
REBUILT: what the Six Billion Dollar Man tells us about belief in the future
Aug 17, 2015
Aug 17, 2015
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