Jack Dorsey's Block unveils 'Dessa' AI model trained solely on human conversation
Original headline: Jack Dorsey’s Block made an AI model that talks to you like an awkward new friend
Block announced an AI model named Dessa that was trained from scratch using only human conversation data. To illustrate its capabilities, the company released sample chats between the model and users, some of which displayed awkward and uncanny responses.
Training a conversational AI solely on human dialogue introduces a novel data approach and raises questions about naturalness and bias.
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