I asked ChatGPT: Bladerunner Edition

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With the advent of an AI such as ChatGPT and other such bots. I thought, what would happen if I asked ChatGPT some famous moral questions that differentiate AI from humans. Today I asked it the famous blade runner quote 

"You're in a desert, walking along when you look down and see a tortoise. It's crawling toward you. You reach down and flip it over on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs trying to turn itself over. But it can't. Not with out your help. But you're not helping. Why is that?"

This was the reply: 

"The scenario you are describing is actually a famous scene from the movie Blade Runner. In the movie, the character Roy Batty (played by Rutger Hauer) delivers this monologue to Rick Deckard (played by Harrison Ford).

As an AI language model, I do not have the capacity to "help" or "not help" anyone or anything. I exist purely to generate text based on the input I receive. 

However, I can speculate on why someone might not help the tortoise in the scenario you described. One possible reason for not helping the tortoise is that the person may be apathetic or indifferent to the plight of the tortoise. 

They may not see it as their responsibility to help the tortoise and may choose to ignore it. Alternatively, the person may be hesitant to help the tortoise because they are unsure of how to do so safely. 

In the desert, there may be other dangerous animals or conditions that could put the person at risk if they attempt to help the tortoise.

It's also possible that the person simply does not have the time or resources to help the tortoise, or that they are preoccupied with their own concerns and do not notice the tortoise's distress.

Ultimately, the decision to help the tortoise or not is up to the individual and their own moral and ethical values."



I was supposed to ask it something else I genuinely forgot what it was but it was something famous that was asked to an AI. If I remember it will be tomorrows post, if not oh well. 

What would you do if you were the person in that scenario.

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