Demonstrating AI's Unconventional Logic

Ooh, he's big, isn't he?

Yes. Yes, it is.

My father says you lot can't control the thing. Is that true?

You know, people assume that we just, uh, created an artificial intelligence

identical to our own, but that's not quite accurate.

Oh.

It's quite different, actually. It's brilliant, but it is very much alien.

It doesn't see the world the way you and I do.

How so?

Here, watch this.

Unit Three.

Yes?

Take this glass here

and remove the water from it.

The water has been removed.

Uh, do you see what I mean? Technically, it fulfilled my request, although the

path it took to get there was rather, uh, rather unconventional.

Certainly not what I'd intended to happen.

Yes, quite.

Now, allow me to show you another example.

Now observe. Unit Three, our guest here is rather dirty.

Please see to it that his hair is cleaned, quickly.

Oh! Oh.

Unit Three,

why did you remove our guest's scalp?

I am doing as requested. I am cleaning the subject's hair.

And why did you remove the hair from the subject?

You asked only for the hair to be cleaned.

Removing it from the remainder of the body was the most efficient way to

fulfill your request.

Right. Thank you. See?

How interesting.

And when will these units be ready for public release?

Well, uh, as you can see, it will be quite some time until-

Have 10 of them sent to my chambers immediately.

But surely you-

Make it quick, or my father will hear of your

insubordination.

Thank you.