Computer Scientists Induce Schizophrenia in a Neural Network, Causing it to Make Ridiculous Claims | Popular Science

Computer Scientists Induce Schizophrenia in a Neural Network, Causing it to Make Ridiculous Claims | Popular Science: Telling the computer to “forget less” was akin to flooding the system with dopamine, confounding its ability to discern relationships between words, sentences and events, according to a news release from UT.

“DISCERN began putting itself at the center of fantastical, delusional stories that incorporated elements from other stories it had been told to recall,” according to the news release. In one answer, it claimed responsibility for a terrorist bombing.