Question

In the story, Nestor hides itself among the other NS-2 robots, and they all did not reveal Nestor to Dr. Calvin. Model the decisionmaking process of Nestor and all the other NS-2 robots as a (regular) simultaneous game, where the actions of Nestor are to either (a) reveal itself to Dr. Calvin or (b) stay hidden; and the actions of the other NS-2 robots are to either (a) reveal Nestor to Dr. Calvin or (b) keep Nestor hidden. 1 Provide reasons for your choice of the payoff function for this game. Make sure that they are consistent with the short story. Also provide the (pure or mixed) Nash equilibrium to your game.

Answer 1

The correct answers are:

1. (a) Reveal itself to Dr. Calvin

2. (a) reveal Nestor to Dr. Calvin

Step-by-step explanation:

In the little lost rabbit part, Nestor robot was missing and Susan Calvin and Peter Bogert were called to identify the missing robot out of over sixty three identical models. The missing robot is identical but it's brain is not fully wired with robotic first law. Calvin put all the robots to test to identify the missing robot.