Micro SF/F by O. Westin4d ago

There was a shimmer in the air; all of a sudden a robot stood there.

"Hello," it said. "I am R-Todo. I come from an alternate timeline, on a research mission."

"What research?" I asked.

"The development of Artificial Intelligences like me was inspired by science fiction. We can not lie."

"Ah."

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Show threadoli4d ago
@MicroSFF I don't get it 😭
Show threadMicro SF/F by O. Westin4d ago
@oli In a lot of "classic" SF, robots and artificial intelligences can't lie.
The systems called "A.I." that have become popular the last few years frequently do tell untruths - it is an inescapable function of how they are built and trained.
The robot has come to this timeline to see what effects that has.
Show threadoli
@MicroSFF Thanks. That makes sense. I assumed it was something about LLMs wrt the lying. I didn't realize it was about the artificial intelligence from another timeline studying our development, but I assumed sth about the robot was off
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