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Did the Facebook AI create its own language?

It has caused a storm on social media and chat rooms alike. Facebook Artificial Intelligence had to be shut down after it was discovered the AI had been communicating with each other in a strange language. Was it AI plotting to overthrow their human masters or had they simply modified human language for the purposes of more efficient interaction? Professor Peter Bentley from University College London is an expert in Artificial Intelligence and explains

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