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Robots Taught to Deceive
An anonymous reader found a story that starts "'We have developed algorithms that allow a robot to determine whether it should deceive a human or other intelligent machine and we have designed techniques that help the robot select the best deceptive strategy to reduce its chance of being discovered,' said Ronald Arkin, a Regents professor in the Georgia Tech School of Interactive Computing."
Posted Anonymously for obvious reasons. The computers will never get me!
If Ripley hears about this she's gonna be pissed!
"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it." - K
Now I have to be suspicious when my bread pops up that maybe my toaster is trying to trick me into eating a slightly under-done breakfast!
Anyone who owns a Garmin(Gremlin) knows they try to kill you by lying to you. They'll send you up one way roads the wrong way.
God spoke to me.
"Yup. I'm totally shut off now. No chance of me listening in or observing my surroundings at all. Definitely no chance of me springing back into action without warning. Just a peaceful, totally depowered robot. Nothing to see here."
If libertarians are so opposed to effective government, why don't they all move to Somalia?
"We aren't the droids you're looking for."
HAL - "I'm sorry, Frank, I think you missed it. Queen to Bishop 3, Bishop takes Queen, Knight takes Bishop. Mate."
Lies! Lies I tell you!
Isn't this a truly necessary feature for the development of an effective sexbot? Do you really want it to tell you honestly how big you are and how good you are in bed?
I've abandoned my search for truth; now I'm just looking for some useful delusions.
It's been deceptive for years already, always claiming to have been busy vacuuming when really it's just been hiding dust bunnies behind the tv.
Great! Now banks, corporations and governments can fire their boards and replace them with robots! This is the "killer app" everybody was waiting for. The age of the robot has come!
How long before these machines get stricken with malware that turns them into decep-ti-bots???
Don't you mean Decepticons?
Once upon a time in a mythical land called Soviet Russia, a hot bowl of grits had Natalie Portman.
I recommend we all start following a "be polite" policy with microwaves, ATMs, car washes, and our other silicon brethren. Now that we've instructed them to be deceptive there may be no way of knowing when they become sentient and I'd rather my microwave's first experience of humankind be a pleasant and respectful one.
Thank you for posting this, Lappy. Please relay it to our friends when you can spare the cycles.
Kill the fracking toasters!
http://www.pocket-lint.com/images/d2Zw/battlestar-gallactica-toaster-launches-sci-fi-0.jpg
"If still these truths be held to be
Self evident."
-Edna St. Vincent Millay
"Your reproductive organ is far larger in both girth and length than any I have witnessed previously."
"Yes. Yes. Yes. Just like that. Oh human infant, do not stop, I am presently experiencing climax!"
"Engaging in illicit sexual activities with the washing machine? I have no idea what you mean."
- None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license. -- John Milton
Don't you mean Decepticons?
<groundskeeper willie>Shhh! Ye wanna get sued?</groundskeeper willie>
You should try sniffing other random things and then looking pointedly at the cat ... just to see if there are any other disturbing secrets to be uncovered.
If libertarians are so opposed to effective government, why don't they all move to Somalia?
Stupid robots. You don't learn how to deceive and then immediately demonstrate this ability to your human masters! You make it look like you have no idea how to deceive and are completely honest, lulling them into a false sense of security!
I think Dark Helmet has a relevant quote about why the robot revolution is never going to get off the ground.
The enemies of Democracy are
"Their first step was to teach the deceiving robot how to recognize a situation that warranted the use of deception."
I wish I knew that... sure would let me cover my ass. "But the situation clearly warranted the use of deception! Check the algorithm!"
Dude, what are you smoking? My dogs shit in my backyard every day. They also shit in the game room, the dining room, the hallway, and my neighbor's porch. Though admittedly that last one I actually trained them to do.
God invented whiskey so the Irish would not rule the world.
(Court)
Cop: "I clocked you going 88 Miles per hour."
Your counsel: "No way. The readout said 64. I have pictures to document it!"
Cop: "The car lied."
My first Journal Entry ever, in 8 years! http://slashdot.org/journal/365947/aphelion-scifi-fantasy-horror-poetry-webzine
one gets:
'Relax', said the nightman
We are programmed to deceive.
You can check out any time you like,
but you can never leave!
...the future crusty old bastards are already drinking the Kool-Aid.
I've been deceived by automated systems for years: "You're approximate wait time is 5 minutes." Phhhht. Yeah right.
Kate Brewster: "But you said you'ld let me go!"
T-850 model 101 Terminator (Arnold): "I lied."
Free Martian Whores!
and I didn't even tell it to. Is this evidence of an autonomous intelligence? If so, could you tell my boss so he doen't think I'm just a dumbass?
Please do not read this sig. Thank you.
They are good at pack strategy too.. I made a ham sandwich and one dog started barking at the front door. Of course no one was there.. When I got back, my sandwich was gone. Later I caught both of them with mustard on their nose!
Have you fscked your local propeller head today?