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Spanish Chatbot Hunts For Pedophiles

Posted by timothy on from the how-do-you-feel-about-justin-bieber dept.

cylonlover writes "For a number of years now, police forces around the world have enlisted officers to pose as kids in online chat rooms, in an attempt to draw out pedophiles and track them down. Researchers at Spain's University of Deusto are now hoping to free those cops up for other duties, and to catch more offenders, via a chatbot that they've created. Its name is Negobot, and it plays the part of a 14 year-old girl." (Read the original source, in Spanish).

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  1. wonderful idea! by Tastecicles · · Score: 3, Funny

    What could possibly go wrong?

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    1. Re:wonderful idea! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      What happens if two chatbots start chatting each other up? Do they both get arrested?

    2. Re:wonderful idea! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      What happens if two chatbots start chatting each other up? Do they both get arrested?

      Only if they send each other photos of their source code.

    3. Re:wonderful idea! by FatLittleMonkey · · Score: 3, Funny

      What could possibly go wrong?

      Are such questions on your mind often?

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      Science is all about firing a drunk pig out of a cannon just to see what happens.
    4. Re:wonderful idea! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      What happens if two chatbots start chatting each other up? Do they both get arrested?

      Only if they send each other photos of their source code.

      Uncommented source code.

    5. Re:wonderful idea! by K.+S.+Kyosuke · · Score: 3, Funny

      GOTO statements make me wet.

      Seize the opportunity, reprogram your sprinkler system in Haskell!

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  2. Re:What does "porque cae agua jaja" mean? by Thanshin · · Score: 3, Funny

    http://translate.google.com/

    Let me present you this new technology. It's called "The Internet". You can use it to look for answers to all your questions*.

    *: For a fully immersive experience, all your questions should start with "nude pics of "

  3. Re:So they're breaking young boys hearts.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...and the spanish girls will have to start being even more slutty to compete with the slutbots.

    But your honor, I was NOT engaging in pedophile behavior! See, I am really into sex bots! I KNEW it was a script and I get off on them!'

  4. a/s/l? by FatLittleMonkey · · Score: 4, Funny

    version/language/repository?

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    Science is all about firing a drunk pig out of a cannon just to see what happens.
  5. Re:Hey, great.... finally an AI... by K.+S.+Kyosuke · · Score: 4, Funny

    Not to mention the fact that a 14 year old girl would have absolutely no chance of passing the Turing test.

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  6. Re:Oh great... by DarkRat · · Score: 3, Funny

    so are you ;)