1.0The Global Centre for Advanced Studieshttps://gcas.ie/deArtemis Thea'Leona Douglashttps://gcas.ie/de/author/artemisadrhetoric-space/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="2OBGyDcyCU"><a href="https://gcas.ie/de/robot-epistemics/">Robot Epistemics and the Fallibility of Three Laws</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://gcas.ie/de/robot-epistemics/embed/#?secret=2OBGyDcyCU" width="600" height="338" title="„Robot Epistemics and the Fallibility of Three Laws“ – The Global Centre for Advanced Studies" data-secret="2OBGyDcyCU" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://gcas.ie/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script>https://gcas.ie/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/Robot-Epistemics-and-the-Fallability-of-Three-Laws-GCAS-Artemis-Douglas.png15001000I think a lot about the epistemics of what has been branded as “AI”. These tools, if they can be called that, are epistemic annihilators and yet have been carefully constructed and presented in ways that have many people treating them as epistemic agents. In my own studies on epistemics, I look particularly at knowledge-as-authority […]