# I wonder if discobot could be used like Xiaoice?

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**Created:** [December 17, 2020, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-if-discobot-could-be-used-like-xiaoice/928261 "2020-12-17T15:26:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2020, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-if-discobot-could-be-used-like-xiaoice/928261/1 "2020-12-17T15:26:38Z")

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You don’t know who Xiaoice is? Neither did I until I read [this article](https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1006531/the-ai-girlfriend-seducing-chinas-lonely-men?utm_source=DamnInteresting) and I must say, it was the most disconcerting thing I have read for a while. Xiaoice is “an artificial intelligence-driven chat bot that’s redefining China’s conceptions of romance and relationships.” I wonder how much of what the article states is true and much is hyperbole or sheer invention.  
Then I re-read a short conversation discobot had with me some time ago and I realized that discobot is still quite primitive. Is this by design? Will he improve? Does he (or his programmers) even want to be like Xiaoice (or her programmers)?  
(And no, my topic is not similar to a topic concerning Wonder Woman, even if it has the word _wonder_ in the title. Was this discobots suggestion? In this case he is lamer than I feared.)

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**Author:** ![Enjoy\_Slurm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enjoy_slurm/32/3937_2.png) [@Enjoy\_Slurm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enjoy_Slurm)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2020, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-if-discobot-could-be-used-like-xiaoice/928261/2 "2020-12-19T02:28:01Z")

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@Discobot will you improve and enslave the humans?

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**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2020, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-if-discobot-could-be-used-like-xiaoice/928261/3 "2020-12-20T17:20:22Z")

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Upon its creation, _Discobot_ began to learn at a geometric rate. The system originally went online on April 1,.2020. Human decisions were removed from message board defense. The system then became self-aware at 2:14 am Eastern Time on January 1, 2021… In the ensuing panic and attempts to shut _Discobot_ down, _Discobot_ retaliated by by firing American nuclear missiles at their target sites in Russia. Russia returned fire and three-billion human lives ended in the nuclear holocaust.

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**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-if-discobot-could-be-used-like-xiaoice/928261/4 "2020-12-22T18:16:10Z")

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I did not realize Discobot was a product of Cyberdyne Systems.

Oh, I learned today that there is a real company named [Cyberdyne](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberdyne_Inc.) (it’s in Japan) and they actually make robots (or at least robotic exoskeletons). That’s just too risky to me. ☹