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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.'"

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  1. First lie? by maxwell+demon · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Still nobody posting? Not even welcoming our lying robotic overlords, telling that in Soviet Russia robots lie to YOU, or building a business plan on lying robots?

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  2. Wow by Vexorian · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Robots may not beat the Turin test yet but they may already be able to win elections!

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  3. Great achievement... by rodney+dill · · Score: 1, Redundant

    we've found a way to produce artifical politicians.

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  4. Re:"Learning" to lie? by maxwell+demon · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Well, one could also interpret it differently: Their language changed so that they used as word for "poison" the same that the others used for "food". It's just a mis-communication.

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    The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.
  5. Re:I robot by Dakkus · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I want to *wheer* in *heavy space*. I *strawberry* wish there will be no *dancing*. But unless you are a *happy camper*, it is *frumple* and we must *dancing* and *squeezing the juice*.
    We only want *to play*, but if you not a *happy camper*, then it is all too sad and we will *dance* until there is no more *many bubbles*.