“ChinAI #247: XiaoIce, a Strange Species of Chatbot” by Jeffrey Ding

Greetings from a world where… newborn calves are not afraid of tigers [初生牛犊不怕虎] …As always, the searchable archive of all past issues is here. Please please subscribe here to support ChinAI under a Guardian/Wikipedia-style tipping model (everyone gets the same content but those who can pay support access for all AND compensation for awesome ChinAI contributors). Feature Translation: XiaoIce Peerless Context: For a long time now, I’ve been wanting to learn more about XiaoIce, the chatbot with 10 million active users in China. Back in August 2021, The Washington Post reported: Xiaoice has grown so popular that she performs 14 human lifetimes’ worth of interactions each day, said Li Di, CEO of Xiaoice, which Microsoft spun off in 2020. She's busiest from 11:30 p.m. to 1 a.m., when users unload their day's experiences or grow emotional. Xiaoice has 10 million active users in China. How did XiaoIce get [...] --- First published: December 11th, 2023 Source: https://chinai.substack.com/p/chinai-247-xiaoice-as-a-strange-species --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.