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January 13, 2009

Input validation in Artificial Intelligence

A couple of years ago when I was studying Articificial Intelligence as part of my Computer Science course at university I played around with a couple of AI bots.

One of those that I found was Ikea’s “Ask Anna”, which is prominently advertised on their home page.

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I was curious as to how they handled input validation, so I tested with some potentially objectionable words.

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One of the “inappropriate” terms I tested was “dumb”. Unfortunately Anna’s interpretation of this word could be improved, as it’s not appropriate to equate “dumb” with “disabled people” or their carers.

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