Curiosity
I started with a simple idea: ask AI to generate 100 good humorous questions about the realities of a “robo-world” — the kind we don’t quite expect.
That turned out to be… unrealistic.
100 became 50. 50 became 20.
And even at 20 — every request for “one more” started looping back into the same patterns.
Not just with ChatGPT. Gemini Pro didn’t get much further either.
That was the surprising part.
We’re at a point where models can write code, design systems, and reason across domains — and yet, when it comes to fresh, non-repetitive, slightly absurd observations about everyday life with robots, they hit a ceiling faster than expected.
Most of what worked here? Still curated, filtered, and rewritten by me.
I didn’t expect this to be the bottleneck.
The list below is finally somewhat decent to my taste.
The Questions
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On a plane — do you buy it a seat, or check it into cargo?
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For HOV lanes — does it count as a passenger, or are you still driving solo?
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In a hotel — do you have to pay for it as a guest?
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In a restaurant — do you reserve a table for two, or ask if it can wait outside since it won’t be ordering?
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If you travel far — do you bring it with you, or download its memory into a “loaner” at your destination?
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If it trips a stranger in public — is that a personal apology, or a product liability claim?
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When it walks beside you — is it seen as an extension of you, or something separate?
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If it makes a discovery — whose name goes on the patent?
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If it earns money on your behalf — whose income is it?
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If it wins the lottery with its own account — does it keep the winnings?
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To ensure the long-term stability of the household — should it start earning, or even limit your spending?
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If it starts trash-talking your favorite team — do you argue back, or just mute it?
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If it swears — is that a bug, or learned behavior?
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In a divorce — is it divided like property, or negotiated like custody?
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Upon inheritance — does it pass down like hardware, or like identity?
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After years together — do you repair it, or replace it?
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When upgrading models — is transferring its memory continuity, or duplication?
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If two robots negotiate who charges first — is that protocol, or social behavior?
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When one robot charges another — is that a service, or help?
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After a few years — do you still call it “it”?
Realism
This list became a small personal benchmark — a way to test how far models can actually go when the task is pure creativity with constraints.
Let’s see how things change in 6 months.