Library forced to shut down intelligent computer that 'learns' after it starts giving borrowers saucy X-rated backchat

Source: Mailonline

Computer learns a host of cheeky responses after pranks from university students

Staff hope to retrain the system following inappropriate comments

Ever since Stanley Kubrick's homicidal computer HAL 9000 hit our screens in 2001: A Space Odyssey there has been a growing concern that ever improving technology will one day outsmart humans.

And it seems those fears have come sooner than expected for authorities at Tsinghua University in China.

That's after they were forced to shut down a much lauded intelligent computer system at its library when it appeared to have 'learned' a host of X-rated remarks.

According to the Beijing News the library's sassy assistant Xiaotu had been programmed to answer more than 10,000 questions about borrowing books and searching for essays.

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