Donald Trump Twitter-bot is hilarious and terrifyingly real
Source: Tim Biggs
I'm what ISIS doesn't need'. Is that a quote from Trump himself, or a clever bot designed to speak like him? Photo: Richard Perry / The New York Times
Presidential hopeful Donald Trump, in both his live speeches and his tweets, can often seem unpredictable. He speaks off the cuff, in short sentences and non-sequiturs, often making outrageous logical leaps in between. His incalculability is what makes him so entertaining.
Yet to the cold calculations of a machine, Trump appears to be much more predictable. Fed on a diet of Trump speech transcripts, an artificial intelligence program run by MIT researcher Brad Hayes pumps out quips and takedowns that, while they may lack some of the targeted venom of the real thing, sound incredibly authentic.
"Mark my words. We're going to beat ISIS," proclaims "DeepDrumpf" in one of the many statements Hayes has sent out via the bot's Twitter account. "Come replace the big lie, Obamacare. Believe me."
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