Questions about machines and robots

[SamanPatou]

Just an assorted list of doubts about some characteristics of robots and how we should treat them:

The ability of a robot to override its program and further attempts to repurpose and reprogram it. Would it be resistance to Mind Manipulation, Hacking or else?

Similar to the last one, the abilty to rewrite its own code, in order to improve itself. Would it be Adaptability or what?

The abilty of a living being to telepathically communicate with and read the "mind" of a (sentient) artificial intelligence. Would this be a form of Telepathy or what?

If a robot possesses a series of defense systems meant to automatically trigger in specific instances including when the machine is inactive, would it be Instinctive Reactions? For example, this robot has a shield that activates when exposed to an EMP burst, self-destruction measures occurring during an attempt to steal its brain core and else.

 

[Dust_Collector]

The ability of a robot to override its program and further attempts to repurpose and reprogram it. Would it be resistance to Mind Manipulation, Hacking or else?

Generally I think it should be resistance to hacking, there might be some cases where it might be resistance to mind manipulation or something else (I think Mega Man X has robots with conventional minds that get affected by the Sigma Virus) but for the most part it's probably gonna be a resistance to hacking.

Similar to the last one, the abilty to rewrite its own code, in order to improve itself. Would it be Adaptability or what?

I think a mix of adaptability and self-technology manipulation could cover this. Maybe even self-technology manipulation by itslef could work if it's actively rewriting its own code instead of the code rewriting itself.

The abilty of a living being to telepathically communicate with and read the "mind" of a (sentient) artificial intelligence. Would this be a form of Telepathy or what?

Can't think of anything else this could be other than telepathy.

If a robot possesses a series of defense systems meant to automatically trigger in specific instances including when the machine is inactive, would it be Instinctive Reactions? For example, this robot has a shield that activates when exposed to an EMP burst, self-destruction measures occurring during an attempt to steal its brain core and else.

I think instinctive reaction works here.

 

[Colonel_Krukov]

I think Dust Collector's post makes sense.