Google tackles challenge of building an honest robot

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GOOGLE can see a future where robots help us unload the dishwasher and sweep the floor. The challenge is making sure they don't inadvertently knock over a vase -- or worse - while doing so.

Researchers at Alphabet Inc unit Google, along with collaborators at Stanford University, the University of California at Berkeley, and OpenAI - an artificial intelligence development company backed by Elon Musk - have some ideas about how to design robot minds that won't lead to undesirable consequences for the people they serve. They published a technical paper on Tuesday outlining their thinking.