4. He Literally Talks Like An AI FFS
Maybe it has something to do with his self proclaimed creative genius, but Kanye’s speech patterns are a little odd. Odd enough, in fact, to have come to the attention of some psychologists.
One place where this is particularly evident, is his Twitter feed. When he’s not actively selling something on there (perhaps in an attempt to fund his software upgrades?), his stream-of-consciousness style Twittering actually bears a striking resemblance to the Twitter accounts of AI bots – yes, including the one that learnt to be racist and abusive in a matter of hours – and other pieces of smart software that are trying to get a grip on language.
That AI account was designed to learn from its interactions with other users. Other attempts at developing conversation robots have been feeding their AI people’s Facebook feeds and even romance novels, but the effect is the same.
One psychologist remarked that Yeezus “uses random words or catchphrases of words he’s spooled together, typically a mix of highbrow and lowbrow, and assumes that there is meaning to be had.” This is remarkably similar to how AI learns to talk, and the briefest stroll through his Twitter, or even a collection of his most batsh*t quotes, is very convincing of this.
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