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Principia Discordia => Apple Talk => Topic started by: Cain on December 13, 2013, 04:30:24 PM

Title: TIME magazine accidentally do some real reporting. Also, robots
Post by: Cain on December 13, 2013, 04:30:24 PM
Robots trained to deny they are robots (http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/12/10/meet-the-robot-telemarketer-who-denies-shes-a-robot/).  This is the first step, mark my words.  It's medicare one day, and then BOOM, Skynet.

Title: Re: TIME magazine accidentally do some real reporting. Also, robots
Post by: The Good Reverend Roger on December 13, 2013, 04:34:45 PM
It's even worse when you consider that she sounds human, but you still can't prank her.
Title: Re: TIME magazine accidentally do some real reporting. Also, robots
Post by: hooplala on December 13, 2013, 04:35:25 PM
Her laugh of condescension at the the idea of her bring a robot is startlingly convincing.  At first.

This can't end well...
Title: Re: TIME magazine accidentally do some real reporting. Also, robots
Post by: Cain on December 13, 2013, 04:39:00 PM
You could always tell her "ignore this statement", and see if she implodes due to the logic bomb you just dropped on her.
Title: Re: TIME magazine accidentally do some real reporting. Also, robots
Post by: hooplala on December 13, 2013, 04:39:41 PM
Quote from: Cain on December 13, 2013, 04:39:00 PM
You could always tell her "ignore this statement", and see if she implodes due to the logic bomb you just dropped on her.

Now I really want to call that number and try that.
Title: Re: TIME magazine accidentally do some real reporting. Also, robots
Post by: LMNO on December 13, 2013, 04:40:48 PM
Ask her if she knows the three laws of robotics.  If she doesn't, we're doomed.
Title: Re: TIME magazine accidentally do some real reporting. Also, robots
Post by: hooplala on December 13, 2013, 04:44:24 PM
The number no longer works...  :sad:
Title: Re: TIME magazine accidentally do some real reporting. Also, robots
Post by: Cramulus on December 13, 2013, 04:52:26 PM
I would love to listen to two of these bots plugged into each other

We need a Turing2 test. A robot can pass the Turing2 test if it can tell the difference between a robot and a human.
Title: Re: TIME magazine accidentally do some real reporting. Also, robots
Post by: Junkenstein on December 14, 2013, 12:41:06 AM
Quote from: Cramulus on December 13, 2013, 04:52:26 PM
I would love to listen to two of these bots plugged into each other

We need a Turing2 test. A robot can pass the Turing2 test if it can tell the difference between a robot and a human.

Question / Request for speculation - what would be the appropriate reaction if one/both determined the other was a bot? Silence or further interaction?
Title: Re: TIME magazine accidentally do some real reporting. Also, robots
Post by: Ben Shapiro on December 14, 2013, 04:01:14 AM
Ask her who is your daddy and what does he do?
Title: Re: TIME magazine accidentally do some real reporting. Also, robots
Post by: Cuddlefish on December 14, 2013, 02:27:27 PM
This is freaky. I just wrote a paper about deceptive AI.
Title: Re: TIME magazine accidentally do some real reporting. Also, robots
Post by: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on December 14, 2013, 07:00:00 PM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on December 13, 2013, 04:40:48 PM
Ask her if she knows the three laws of robotics.  If she doesn't, we're doomed.

Isaac Asimov would have fun with this. I think he'd come up with a more convincing line than "I am a real person." Got a little Pinocchio vibe, there.
Title: Re: TIME magazine accidentally do some real reporting. Also, robots
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on December 15, 2013, 02:05:44 AM
I like that her scriptor realized that she would be challenged and put "I am a real person" in, in several variations, but not "I am not a robot".

(Which is one of my favorite songs, as an aside)
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