AIs, Honesty, Murder and Trolleys

[Anthony]

Originally Posted by mindstalk

What if you do but the civil authority contact doesn't get back to you? That seems realistic. Or they do, telling you to let the millions die, and higher level programming kicks in questioning that?

In case 1, the Honest character may have fall-through options, but they will strongly tend towards 'do nothing'. In case 2, the Honest character does what it's told to do, unless there is reason to suspect the legitimacy of claimed authority.

Remember, GURPS disads are not 'I have a rational preference for this course of action', they are 'I have an irrational compulsion towards this course of action'.