Scientists Building Army Of Mendacious Robots

This seems like a BAD IDEA: “[S]cientists have developed robots that are able to deceive humans and even hide from their enemies. An experiment by researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology is believed to be the first detailed examination of robot deception. The team developed computer algorithms that would let a robot ‘decide’ whether it should deceive a human or another robot and gave it strategies to give it the best chance of not being found out.”

Oh, wait, there’s a positive side to it?

“[R]esearchers say that robots that are capable of deception will be valuable in the future, particularly when used in the military.”

Ah, I feel MUCH BETTER now. It’s only a matter of time before the elite strike force of bullshitting automatons comes to suck all the mercury from our bloodstreams and use our bones for spare parts. I think I’m just gonna wait this one out on the couch playing Wii.