There was a shimmer in the air; all of a sudden a robot stood there.

[nehalenia@dresden.network]

@oli @MicroSFF Me neither

[tuftears@wandering.shop]

@MicroSFF That's just what a lying robot would say to gain your trust!

[microsff@mastodon.art]

@oli In a lot of "classic" SF, robots and artificial intelligences can't lie.
The systems called "A.I." that have become popular the last few years frequently do tell untruths - it is an inescapable function of how they are built and trained.
The robot has come to this timeline to see what effects that has.

[gdinwiddie@mastodon.social]

@MicroSFF Are you sure about that?

[oli@hachyderm.io]

@MicroSFF Thanks. That makes sense. I assumed it was something about LLMs wrt the lying. I didn't realize it was about the artificial intelligence from another timeline studying our development, but I assumed sth about the robot was off

[nehalenia@dresden.network]

@MicroSFF @oli Oh i see. I knew about these rules. Asimov invented them, yes?
But i didn´t get that the robot was visiting OUR timeline.

[aaribaud@mastodon.art]

@Nehalenia @MicroSFF @oli At least in Asimov"s Three Law, nothing is said about lying; in fact, taken formally, they could lead a robot to lying, if saying the truth would hurt a human.

[nehalenia@dresden.network]

@aaribaud @MicroSFF @oli mhm, true.

[wheeljack@retro.pizza]

@MicroSFF @oli Oooh, I was taking it to mean they wanted to learn -how- to lie.

[neurologo@bcn.fedi.cat]

@aaribaud @Nehalenia @MicroSFF @oli

In “I robot” there’s already a story about a robot lying to people (even to Susan Calvin) in order not to hurt their feelings.