{"id":331207,"date":"2021-08-27T18:35:59","date_gmt":"2021-08-27T15:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/kanye-west-chatbot-gives-update-on-donda-release-date\/"},"modified":"2021-08-27T18:35:59","modified_gmt":"2021-08-27T15:35:59","slug":"kanye-west-chatbot-gives-update-on-donda-release-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/kanye-west-chatbot-gives-update-on-donda-release-date\/","title":{"rendered":"#Kanye West chatbot gives update on DONDA release date"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a287068a0b09\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a287068a0b09\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/kanye-west-chatbot-gives-update-on-donda-release-date\/#Building_the_Yebot\" >Building the Yebot<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/kanye-west-chatbot-gives-update-on-donda-release-date\/#The_release_date_approaches\" >The release date approaches<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Kanye West chatbot gives update on DONDA release date<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>Kanye West has many talents, but punctuality is not among them. He was late <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Late_Registration\">for registration<\/a>; he was <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Late_Orchestration\">late for orchestration<\/a>. He even wrote a song about his tardiness, the aptly titled \u201cLate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The most irritating instances of Ye\u2019s procrastination are undoubtedly the delays to his album releases.<\/p>\n<p>Fans have become particularly infuriated by the endless postponements to the launch of his latest record, DONDA.<\/p>\n<p>I asked the man himself for an update \u2014 and got some concerning answers:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-image post-mediaBleed aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1365355 js-lazy\" alt=\"Talk To Kanye is an AI bot.\" width=\"706\" height=\"1076\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 100vw, 706px\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-27-at-10.56.24.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-27-at-10.56.24.png 706w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-27-at-10.56.24-138x210.png 138w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-27-at-10.56.24-89x135.png 89w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-27-at-10.56.24-177x270.png 177w\"\/><figcaption><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Feditorial.thenextweb.com%2Fneural%2F2021%2F08%2F27%2Fkanye-west-ai-chatbot-gives-donda-update%2F&amp;via=thenextweb&amp;related=thenextweb&amp;text=Check out this picture on: #FreeKanye\" data-title=\"Share #FreeKanye on Twitter\" data-width=\"685\" data-height=\"500\" class=\"post-image-share popitup\" title=\"Share #FreeKanye on Twitter\"><i class=\"icon icon--inline icon--twitter--dark\"\/><\/a>#FreeKanye<\/figcaption><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1365355\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-27-at-10.56.24.png\" alt=\"Talk To Kanye is an AI bot.\" width=\"706\" height=\"1076\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-27-at-10.56.24.png 706w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-27-at-10.56.24-138x210.png 138w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-27-at-10.56.24-89x135.png 89w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-27-at-10.56.24-177x270.png 177w\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<p><span>Before you get alarmed about Yeezus\u2019 welfare, I should let you in on a shocking secret: I wasn\u2019t talking to the real Kanye.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>These messages were, in fact, sent by an imposter: an AI chatbot called <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/talktokanye.com\/\">TalkToKanye<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span>The bot was created by Wesam Jawich, a software engineer. He told TNW that the idea emerged during conversations with a friend about the future of AI: <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span>We realized there\u2019s something really powerful about AI chatbots mimicking real people. Like, imagine wanting to learn about calculus and being able to ask Isaac Newton. Kanye\u2019s new album is getting a lot of hype right now because it\u2019s such a wild and funny rollout, so I just started hacking on it that weekend, and now we\u2019re here. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Building_the_Yebot\"><\/span><span>Building the Yebot<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-eqz5dr r-k8qxaj\">\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-1habvwh r-7q8q6z r-1ny4l3l\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-expanded=\"false\" data-testid=\"messageEntry\">\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-1euycsn r-17s6mgv r-j2kj52 r-1nwbi2h\">\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-1habvwh r-1wbh5a2\">\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-k200y r-1sw30gj r-pm2fo r-1ets6dv r-1867qdf r-deolkf r-dnmrzs r-1ny4l3l r-ymttw5 r-1f1sjgu r-o7ynqc r-6416eg\" role=\"presentation\">\n<p class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-1kz6sp\"><span>Jawich created the bot in the style of iMessage, because Kanye\u2019s used that template in <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/music\/article\/41507\/1\/kanye-west-released-promotion-new-project-yandhi-instagram-billboards\">his own marketing material<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-1kz6sp\"><span>\u00a0<\/span><span>The frontend of the chatbot is built on React.Js, while the server is Node.js running an Express <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt basically just handles taking the user\u2019s request, generating the Kanye reply, running through a content filter to make sure nothing horrible is said, and then sending it back to the user,\u201d said <span>Jawich.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The hardest part of the process was training the AI. To do this, Jawich collected transcripts of Kanye\u2019s interviews, quotes, tweets, lyrics, and some fake conversations. <\/span><span>He then fine-tuned the GPT-J language model on the data.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_release_date_approaches\"><\/span>The release date approaches<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Jawich deployed the model on a platform called <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.helloforefront.com\/\">Forefront<\/a>, which allowed the chatbot to handle thousands of users all sending requests at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>He had experimented with using GPT-3, but the system was ultimately too expensive. Jawich said his model actually produced <em>better<\/em> outputs than GPT-3 did during his tests:<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-eqz5dr r-l4nmg1\">\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-1habvwh r-7q8q6z r-1ny4l3l\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-expanded=\"false\" data-testid=\"messageEntry\">\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-1euycsn r-17s6mgv r-j2kj52 r-1nwbi2h\">\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-1habvwh r-1wbh5a2\">\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-k200y r-1sw30gj r-pm2fo r-1ets6dv r-1867qdf r-deolkf r-dnmrzs r-1ny4l3l r-ymttw5 r-1f1sjgu r-o7ynqc r-6416eg\" role=\"presentation\">\n<blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">When I fine-tuned J it became super good at imitating Kanye \u2014 and not so good at anything else. <span>And it seems to make up for the fact it has fewer parameters.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-obd0qt r-18u37iz\">\n<p>I also found TalkToKanye\u2019s outputs impressively realistic. The chatbot certainly shares the great man\u2019s penchant for controversy \u2014 and delusion:<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"post-image post-mediaBleed aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1365353 js-lazy\" alt=\"The Kanye AI bot is a troublemaker.\" width=\"680\" height=\"1072\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-27-at-11.44.00.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-27-at-11.44.00.png 680w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-27-at-11.44.00-133x210.png 133w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-27-at-11.44.00-86x135.png 86w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-27-at-11.44.00-171x270.png 171w\"\/><figcaption><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Feditorial.thenextweb.com%2Fneural%2F2021%2F08%2F27%2Fkanye-west-ai-chatbot-gives-donda-update%2F&amp;via=thenextweb&amp;related=thenextweb&amp;text=Check out this picture on: Another beautiful dark twisted fantasy?\" data-title=\"Share Another beautiful dark twisted fantasy? on Twitter\" data-width=\"685\" data-height=\"500\" class=\"post-image-share popitup\" title=\"Share Another beautiful dark twisted fantasy? on Twitter\"><i class=\"icon icon--inline icon--twitter--dark\"\/><\/a>Another beautiful dark twisted fantasy?<\/figcaption><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1365353\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-27-at-11.44.00.png\" alt=\"The Kanye AI bot is a troublemaker.\" width=\"680\" height=\"1072\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-27-at-11.44.00.png 680w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-27-at-11.44.00-133x210.png 133w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-27-at-11.44.00-86x135.png 86w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-27-at-11.44.00-171x270.png 171w\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Yeezus Christ! 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He was late for registration; he was late for orchestration. He even wrote a song about his tardiness, the aptly titled \u201cLate.\u201d The most irritating instances of Ye\u2019s procrastination are undoubtedly the delays to his&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":331208,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/img-cdn.tnwcdn.com\/image\/neural?filter_last=1&fit=1280,640&url=https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/08\/Untitled-design-3-5.jpg&signature=0e42a7d0337b49019e48d60365094e2e","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-331207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=331207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331207\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/331208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=331207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=331207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=331207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}