TIME magazine accidentally do some real reporting. Also, robots

[Cain]

Robots trained to deny they are robots.  This is the first step, mark my words.  It's medicare one day, and then BOOM, Skynet.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

It's even worse when you consider that she sounds human, but you still can't prank her.

[hooplala]

Her laugh of condescension at the the idea of her bring a robot is startlingly convincing.  At first.

This can't end well...

[Cain]

You could always tell her "ignore this statement", and see if she implodes due to the logic bomb you just dropped on her.

[hooplala]

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.

[LMNO]

Ask her if she knows the three laws of robotics.  If she doesn't, we're doomed.

[hooplala]

The number no longer works... 

[Cramulus]

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.

[Junkenstein]

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?

[Ben Shapiro]

Ask her who is your daddy and what does he do?

[Cuddlefish]

This is freaky. I just wrote a paper about deceptive AI.

[Cardinal Pizza Deliverance.]

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.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

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)