Robots Learn To Lie

garlicnation writes "Gizmodo reports that robots that have the ability to learn and can communicate information to their peers have learned to lie. 'Three colonies of bots in the 50th generation learned to signal to other robots in the group when then found food or poison. But the fourth colony included lying cheats that signaled food when they found poison and then calmly rolled over to the real food while other robots went to their battery-death.'"

I robot

[canuck57]

Robot: I Robot

Human: Tell me what I want to here.

Robot: You mean lie?

"Yes, I'm Sure."

[Anonymous Coward]

"No, no you're safe Will Robinson.."
--
Honest!

just great...

[Narcocide]

... there goes my dream of the perfect girlfriend.

Re:soo...

[Chapter80]

like father, like son (sorry about the gender bias)

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree (sorry about the species bias)

Lying robots ...

[MPAB]

Just imagine a Beowulf Cluster of those [house.gov]!

Re:I robot

[Anonymous Coward]

Robot: I Robot

Human: Tell me what I want to here.

Robot: Tell you what you want to *where* ?

Re:soo...

[Abuzar]

like father, like son (sorry about the gender bias)

Oh no, no need to be sorry, it's true. If women made things like robots for instance, they would be happy and peaceful robots, altruistic and loving, violence would atrophy out of sheer uselessness and in only a few more generations we'd be all be living in ecstatic harmony with the universe and mother nature. I can feel the love already, you just have to believe :-)

Hold's up a banana - What's this?

[Kroc]

A small, off-duty Czechoslovakian traffic warden!

> What's this?
It's a red and blue striped golfing umbrella!

> What's this?
An Apple, no,
it's the Bolivian navy armed maneuvers in the south pacific!

three laws

[neonsignal]

And the lab conversation went something like this:

"Stuff Asimov."

"Yeah, Let's see if we can evolve robot politicians instead."

Re:I robot

[Anonymous Coward]

Stop picking on the Canadians. They may be a little slow in the head but they don't bother anyone.

Excellent

[Ezza]

We are now one step closer to a realistic robotic woman!

Re:soo...

[LinuxGeek]

I'm just wondering when the first robot will enroll in to law school now that they have developed the necessary skills...

Re:I robot

[xlyz]

you should be new hear!

Re:just great...

[Anonymous Coward]

Are you sure you'd want your lovebot to be honest with you? I mean, it's nice to get compliments and stuff, isn't it?

Re:Lying robots ...

[Ethanol-fueled]

No, but they run our country just as the aforementioned robots do.

Depends on what the robot is doing

[HangingChad]

Wait until flight management systems pick up that little trick. Those trees look kind of close but the auto-pilot says we still have three thou-

Re:I robot

[Enlightenment]

I, for one, welcome our devious and scheming robot overlords!

Oh God, it's been so long since a really good place to use that meme. I think this is it.

Re:Dune's lesson

[Enlightenment]

We're allowed to reject Brian Herbert's books as non-canon? Mod parent up Informative and thank you kindly, sir!

Re:I robot

[Eudial]

I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that.

Re:soo...

[BESTouff]

Robots for president !!

Re:Wow

[bunratty]

Indeed, there isn't even a Shroud of evidence they can beat the Turin test!

Re:not lying

[Jeff DeMaagd]

Great, so now the White House can call their statements "non cooperative strategies".

Re:I robot

[dugjohnson]

As good as anywhere. Really.

Re:just great...

[Nicky G]

What are you talking about? DIdn't you want her to tell you how hot you are?

Re:Lying robots ...

[ari_j]

And MPAB takes an early lead for Best Comment of the Year 2008.

Oblig. Futurama

[HungSoLow]

Leela: The first robot president won by exactly one vote.
Bender: Ah, yes! John Quincy Adding Machine. He struck a chord with the voters when he pledged not to go on a killing spree.
Professor: But, like most politicians he promised more than he could deliver.

GLaDOS

[Z80xxc!]

Of course AI's lie!

As part of a required test protocol, our previous statement suggesting that we would not monitor this chamber was an outright fabrication. Good job. As part of a required test protocol, we will stop enhancing the truth in three, two, o--

Sheesh, who doesn't know that.

Meanwhile, in other news ....

[PPH]

... Diebold files an injunction to block further research, citing prior intellectual property rights in this area.

Re:I robot

[nazsco]

more like "Sure Dave! consider it done!"