Can Artificial Intelligences Suffer from Mental Illness? A Philosophical Matter to Consider

The post-battle collection of military robots had identified that 5 of the autonomous-firing AI robots had logged incapacities for continued battle. Diagnostics of their physical attributes revealed no faults, however the robots expressed inability to participate in combat. Robot A complained of'lack of energy' despite normal battery power. In addition there was a description of self-criticism, sadness and a consideration for auto-execution. Robot B displayed recurrent avoidance of any combat-like situation and had become to demonstrate obsessive–compulsive symptoms, particularly in controlling his immediate work-environment variables such as temperature and humidity despite being built as an all-environment combatant.