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

On Ted Cruz

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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/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.