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Re:How accurately did science fiction stories predict AI? by ajb on Friday November 06, 2026 @04:32AM (#50390176)
Well, it is a very long time since I read Asimov himself. I may be over-indexing on the Roger McBride Allen authorised series, which portrayed robots as attempting art, but not really succeeding as being creative.

But I thought in the lying thing Daneel was unusual in succeeding.

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Re:How accurately did science fiction stories predict AI? by vlovich123 on Friday November 06, 2026 @10:35AM (#50393607)
Lying was uncommon in the sense that Asimov only had a few such stories. I don’t recall if it was treated as a complete anomaly or happens sometimes.

Liar!: robot can read minds due to manufacturing defect, realizes words can cause harm to humans and starts lying because of the first law.

Mirror image: robot lies to protect master’s reputation

Risk: perception of robot lying although in reality it followed instructions too literally

Little lost robot: weakened first law robot engages in malicious compliance.

So quite a few stories

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