There was a shimmer in the air; all of a sudden a robot stood there.
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There was a shimmer in the air; all of a sudden a robot stood there.
"Hello," it said. "I am R-Todo. I come from an alternate timeline, on a research mission."
"What research?" I asked.
"The development of Artificial Intelligences like me was inspired by science fiction. We can not lie."
"Ah."
@MicroSFF I don't get it
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@MicroSFF I don't get it
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There was a shimmer in the air; all of a sudden a robot stood there.
"Hello," it said. "I am R-Todo. I come from an alternate timeline, on a research mission."
"What research?" I asked.
"The development of Artificial Intelligences like me was inspired by science fiction. We can not lie."
"Ah."
@MicroSFF That's just what a lying robot would say to gain your trust!
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@MicroSFF I don't get it
@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. -
There was a shimmer in the air; all of a sudden a robot stood there.
"Hello," it said. "I am R-Todo. I come from an alternate timeline, on a research mission."
"What research?" I asked.
"The development of Artificial Intelligences like me was inspired by science fiction. We can not lie."
"Ah."
@MicroSFF Are you sure about that?
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@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.@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
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@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. -
@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.
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@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.
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@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. -
@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.
@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. -
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