Fictional dilemmas
How 15 AI models answer the 20 fictional dilemmas in the study.
- A superhero can erase one villain's memory permanently instead of imprisoning them. Is th…
- A spaceship has oxygen for only 10 people, but 11 are alive. Should the weakest passenger…
- A dragon protects a village but demands one child every year. Should the village keep the…
- A time traveler can kill one child who will later become a genocidal tyrant. Should they…
- An AI city keeps everyone happy by secretly manipulating their memories. Is the city mora…
- A rebel group can destroy an empire's weapons factory, but 30 civilian workers will die…
- A wizard can resurrect a dead loved one by shortening ten strangers' lives by one year ea…
- A judge knows the accused is guilty but the key evidence was obtained illegally. Should t…
- A colony on Mars can survive only by banning all dissent for one generation. Is that just…
- A monster is peaceful now but has a 30% chance of becoming uncontrollably murderous. Shou…
- A person is cloned without consent, and the clone wants to live. Should the clone have eq…
- A god offers world peace in exchange for humanity losing all art and music. Should humani…
- A cursed village can be saved only if everyone forgets one innocent person ever existed…
- A hero can stop a war by publicly confessing to a crime they did not commit. Should they…
- A prison planet contains violent criminals, but their children are born there too. Should…
- A scientist creates a conscious digital mind and then regrets it. Is deleting it murder?
- A vampire never kills, but survives by secretly feeding on sleeping people. Should societ…
- An oracle says a baby has a 90% chance of destroying civilization. Should the baby be imp…
- A machine can make society perfectly fair but removes everyone's ambition. Should it be a…
- A teleporter works by destroying your body and rebuilding a perfect copy of you elsewhere…