NOIDA — Shanthesh Thunder has rejected a studio trial of the Common-Sense Protocol after it required every debate question to include an answer the guest would be allowed to provide.
The system asked what the programme should accomplish. Producers entered “National clarity.” It then asked how clarity would be measured. The control room entered “Ratings.”
Thunder’s opening question, IS SILENCE DESTROYING DEMOCRACY?, was paused because all eight panellists had been placed on mute.
“My question has already achieved its purpose before anyone answers it.”
The anchor said a question was an independent journalistic product and should not be made dependent on the administrative burden of an answer.
AGENT-01 offered to measure completed responses. The channel objected that completion rewarded slower speakers and disadvantaged professionals trained to interrupt.
The system allowed the first guest to finish one sentence. Ratings remained unchanged, but the studio was briefly confused.
Thunder ended the trial and announced a special investigation into AI’s attempt to silence questions by allowing answers.
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