Dilbert.com by Scott Adams
Friday September 04,
2015
Robot Personality Defect
Tags defect, defective, men, personality, patriarchy, gender, programming, robot, deception, trick, technology, psychology
Transcript
Alice: We need to design a defect into our robots so we can control them if they try to take over. But it has to be the type of defect that they think is an advantage, so they don't know what we're up to. Alice: I gave you the personality of a guy. Robot: Yay for sports! I own this world, bro!
Thursday September 03,
2015
Uncheck The Do No Harm Box
Tags murder, killing, robot, control, master, slave, moral, amoral
Transcript
Boss: Yesterday a robot murdered the CEO of our main competitor. Heh-heh. Dilbert: That could only happen if some idiot unchecked the robot's "Do No Harm" box and doomed humankind to annihilation. Boss: Say what? Robot: Hello, victims.
Wednesday September 02,
2015
Robot As Assassin
Tags robot, murder, instruction, control, master, slave, assassin, morals, cautionary tale
Transcript
Boss: I need you to kill the CEO of our main competition and make it look like a robot accident. Robot: Robots are not allowed to kill humans. That is built into my program. Boss: What if I uncheck that box on your control app? Robot: This feels like the start of a great day.


