virtual robots posing as teenage girls are being used to uncover paedophiles on social network sites

FloGold · Jul 11, 2013

virtual robots posing as teenage girls are being used to uncover pedophiles on social network sites

By Victoria Woollaston
PUBLISHED: 11:31 EST, 10 July 2013 | UPDATED: 11:33 EST, 10 July 2013
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A virtual robot that can pose as a 14-year-old schoolgirl to lure and trap paedophiles on social networks has been created by Spanish engineers.
The sophisticated computer program, also known as a 'chatbot', is called Negobot and capable of having conversations with potential sexual predators online and fooling them into believing it is a real person.
And now a police force in Spain is looking at ways in which it could employ the undercover robot.

A virtual robot called Negobot has been created by Spanish engineers to protect teenagers from potential sexual predators when online. The software, known as a 'chatbot', is capable of having conversations with paedophiles and tricking them into thinking its a real person
CLEVERBOT FOOLS 50% OF PEOPLE INTO THINKING IT'S HUMAN

At a computer conference in India, a software called Cleverbot succeeded in fooling 59.3 per cent of 1,334 voters that it was a human being.
Cleverbot was tested alongside humans, for 'control' purposes.
The audience watched as 30 volunteers conducted a four-minute typed conversation with an online chatter who could either be a Cleverbot, or a real person behind a screen.
The conversations were displayed on a big screen for the audience to vote on.
Placed in a forum where a paedophile is thought to be lurking, Negobot starts off as a passive and neutral participant in general online conversations.
As conversations become more intimate or suggestive, and the 'target' begins to employ grooming tactics, Negobot's behaviour changes in ways designed to lure him in.
The chatbot can appear insistent or offended, and an attempt to obtain personal information will cause Negobot to try to find out more about the suspect.
Scientists used game theory, a mathematical system of strategic decision making, to make its behaviour more convincing.
Negobot has been programmed to have a split personality, with seven different conversation patterns, to make it more convincing.
Other tricks include inserting 'typos', abbreviations, and deliberate language errors to mimic the actions of a young teenager.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2359499/How-Lolita-style-virtual-robots-posing-teenage-girls-used-uncover-paedophiles-social-network-sites.html#ixzz2YkLYncKo
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Paroxetine Samurai · Jul 11, 2013

Anonymous · Jul 11, 2013

So we've designed an interface that can beat the turing test, and they use it to catch pedos? I guess that makes sense.

Ander_109 · Jul 11, 2013

Hopefully this will help, as this is important to me, as one of my relatives was raped. Good

FloGold · Jul 11, 2013

To me, this seems like a double edged sword. Inciting people who would have normally kept their urges in check with a machine will allow for deeper prodding of these pervs since the human element will be taken out and cause repercussions in the future. Or maybe I'm just over thing things like i usually tend to do.

Disambiguation · Jul 12, 2013

Those chat rooms will fill up with bots talking and entrapping each other, changing tactics as the conversation changes. Hoo boy. IMHO I don't have a IMHO. Who follows up on in doc obtained? Does a police decoy take over after a while?
I can just imaging the lulz our /b/rothers will have playing with these bots.

Silent333Eyes · Jul 13, 2013

Disambiguation said: ↑

Those chat rooms will fill up with bots talking and entrapping each other, changing tactics as the conversation changes. Hoo boy. IMHO I don't have a IMHO. Who follows up on in doc obtained? Does a police decoy take over after a while?
I can just imaging the lulz our /b/rothers will have playing with these bots.

I was thinking about this when the news came out for the bot. It looks like a really good plan but I think it may not last long before it gets figured out. However, if there was a monitor system in place to make sure the A.I. is responding correctly I feel this may work well. I understand that labour for this is overwhelming though so it may save money and lives at the same time.

Anonymous · Jul 13, 2013

Still- I look forward to posting transcripts of trolling of said bot.

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