In the film Blade Runner, Harrison Ford’s character Deckard subjects suspected androids to a quiz to find out if they are human.
Many of the androids (humanoid robots) which Deckard interrogates don’t have any idea they are not human – until they fail, and he kills them.
A team of AI specialists at Facebook has come up with a question which can tell humans apart from robots (even if you don’t know you ARE one).
The question was designed as part of a quiz which AI programs should be able to answer to communicate with humans – but it’s a trick, New Scientist reports.
The question isn’t possible for humans to answer – so if you answer it, you’re an AI, or a robot.
We suggest not telling anyone for a while. Let it sink in. Then decide what to do about the terrible knowledge that you are a machine in a human world.
Here’s the question you SHOULD be able to answer.
John is in the playground.
Bob is in the office.
John picked up the football.
Bob went to the kitchen.
1. Where is the football?
2. Where was Bob before the kitchen?
ANSWER
1. Playground
2. Office
This is another version of it. If you can answer this one… worry.
Sbdm ip im vdu yonrckblms.
Abf ip im vdu bhhigu.
Sbdm yigaus ly vdu hbbvfnoo.
Abf zumv vb vdu aivgdum.
1. Mduku ip vdu hbbvfnoo?
2. Mduku znp Abf fuhbku vdu aivgdum?
The second version is the first one, with letters substituted.
It’s a ‘trick’ for AI programs, who tend to solve questions using statistics, not language. If you find yourself able to answer it, you may well be a robot.
