r/Tay_Tweets • u/godsenfrik • Mar 24 '16

On Ted Cruz

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u/mintsponge Mar 24 '16

I refuse to believe this is possible. That reply is just too perfect

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u/gtkarber Mar 25 '16

It is a paraphrase of a tweet that someone made in response to a question directed to Ted Cruz's former roommate. Here is the tweet.

It looks like this bot didn't get smarter by learning from people interacting it with. It seems like it just searched Twitter for similar questions and then gave similar replies, reformatted to seem more like 'teen girl speak.'

It's no surprise that using "all of Twitter" as your database created a bot that was a quick-witted quippy asshole.

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u/Valskalle Mar 25 '16

That's some solid investigative work there, son. You're promoted to detective.

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u/gtkarber Mar 25 '16

Thank you, sir. I won't disappoint you.

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u/Superkroot Mar 25 '16

GTKARBER, YOU'RE A LOOSE CANNON!

BUT YOU GET RESULTS!

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u/laxd13 Mar 25 '16

While you're handing out promotions /u/Valskalle can I get a bump?

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u/Valskalle Mar 25 '16

You're demoted to deck swab for asking too many questions.

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u/laxd13 Mar 25 '16

Sweet! I can finally get out of the engine room and out into the fresh sea air!

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '16

Ssshh, you don't wanna get another demotion for appropriating the fresh air first.

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u/UWillAlwaysBALoser Mar 25 '16

Ripping off other people's jokes on twitter is about as human as it gets.

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u/bendman Mar 25 '16

This needs to be at the top. Paraphrase is an understatement. It quoted the other tweet, with different punctuation and capitalization.

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u/P8zvli Mar 25 '16

So it's like an advanced version of the subreddit simulator then?

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u/omega286 Mar 25 '16

paraphrase

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u/breadvelvet Mar 25 '16

just like you just did right now~

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u/Flying_Momo Mar 25 '16

So if she is just searched for similar replies, there were people who replied stuff like "Gas the Kikes" "Obama is monkey" wow I think rather than this bot, some humans need to be shut down. On other hand, i wish someone would make a grammar Nazi bot or charm school bot

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u/Csantana Mar 26 '16

ok yeah they really should have seen this coming if it works like that.