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hiromichi



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 13, 2016 5:37 am    Post subject: grammar Reply with quote

What is a subject of 'made' in the third line? Should 'But Microsoft in doing so...'
be a right expression?

Microsoft has apologised for creating an artificially intelligent chatbot that quickly turned into a holocaust-denying racist.
But in doing so made it clear Tay's views were a result of nurture, not nature. Tay confirmed what we already knew: people on the internet can be cruel.
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 13, 2016 5:11 pm    Post subject: Re: grammar Reply with quote

hiromichi wrote:
What is a subject of 'made' in the third line? Should 'But Microsoft in doing so...'
be a right expression?

Microsoft has apologised for creating an artificially intelligent chatbot that quickly turned into a holocaust-denying racist.
But in doing so made it clear Tay's views were a result of nurture, not nature. Tay confirmed what we already knew: people on the internet can be cruel.


Here is a paraphrase:

But in apologizing, Microsoft made it clear that Tay's views were a result of nurture, not nature. etc.
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 13, 2016 5:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Lorikeet:
Thank you
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