We forced a bot to watch 20,000 hours of Sgt Maj Academy courses. It committed suicide.
FORT SILL, Okla. — In the first documented case of artificial intelligence committing suicide, a "predictive keyboard" self-destructed yesterday after Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) scientists forced it to watch more than 20,000 hours of Sergeants Major Academy courses.
Once considered a “quantum leap in technology,” the bot’s final wor…
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