Weird Science programs its future robot overlords to deceive
Robots have now been programmed to deceive: “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 one Robert Arkin in describing his role in helping the robots take over the world. We generally ascribe the ability to choose our actions based on who we’re dealing with to having a theory of mind, but apparently it can be recapitulated with an appropriate algorithm and a bit of game theory. The algorithm was subjected to rigorous testing: the robot using it had to engage in a game of hide-and-seek with another robot.