Did it learn how to lie though? Did it learn the art of deception and all of the complex concepts behind that? Did it have intent and motive to deceive, Or was it simply a glitch in the underlying logic? The chat bots weren't sentient and could not think for them selves. This is really a story that never should have been, but due to the awful state the media is in it works as a great PR peace for Facebook.
>These dialogue rollouts led to bots that negotiated harder and proposed the final deal more often than their counterparts. The bots were also able to produce novel sentences rather than just relying on sentences encountered through training data. And remarkably, the bots engaged in some sly strategizing. There were instances when the bot feigned interest in an item that had no value to them and then pretended to compromise later by conceding it in exchange for something it actually wanted. In a statement, Facebook said, "This behavior was not programmed by the researchers but was discovered by the bot as a method for trying to achieve its goals."
