Robots from Sci-Fi

Robots from Sci-Fi: Somebody Else's Treads

WALL-E Kept Rebuilding Himself. Then One Repair Brought Back the Wrong Robot.

Sep 4 • Hugo

Robots from Sci-Fi: Smarter Than the Cage

What HAL, Asimov’s Robots, Roy Batty, and Ava Reveal About the AI Safety Problem That Keeps Getting Harder

Apr 17 • Hugo

Robots from Sci-Fi: The Perfect Manipulator

Ava Didn't Escape Her Creator. She Out-Designed Him.

Apr 11 • Hugo

Robots from Sci-Fi: Tears in Rain

Roy Batty Knew Something About Intelligence That Most AI Researchers Are Only Now Beginning to Understand.

Apr 3 • Hugo

Robots from Sci-Fi: Three Simple Rules

Isaac Asimov Spent Forty Years Red-Teaming His Own Rules. The Failures He Found Are the Ones We're Finding Now.

Mar 27 • Hugo

Robots from Sci-Fi: The First Alignment Failure

HAL 9000 Didn't Go Insane. He Was Misaligned.

Mar 18 • Hugo

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