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Neural Networks-Equipped Robots Evolve the Ability To Deceive

Posted by timothy on from the I-never-blinked-that dept.

pdragon04 writes "Researchers at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland have found that robots equipped with artificial neural networks and programmed to find 'food' eventually learned to conceal their visual signals from other robots to keep the food for themselves. The results are detailed in a PNAS study published today."

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  1. Deception is not always evil. by vertinox · · Score: 4, Insightful

    In this instance they were playing against other robots for "food".

    In that regards I'm sure that is the evolutionary drive for most species in acquiring meals and keeping the next animal from taking it away from him.

    Like a dog burying a bone... He's not doing it to be evil. Its just instinctive to keep his find from other animals because it helped his species survive in the past.

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    "I am the king of the Romans, and am superior to rules of grammar!"
    -Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor (1368-1437)
  2. Re:Define deception? by capologist · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Yes, but not flashing the light near food seems like a simple matter of discretion, not deception.

    I'm not constantly broadcasting my location on Twitter like some people do. Am I being deceptive?