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Isaac Asimov offers three laws of robotics from his work, I, Robot. Should we have taken this more seriously as a modern technological society? I say yes.
There is actually a 4th Law known as the Zeroth Law:
The Zeroth Law (0th) is added by another powerful mind (still some 20,000 years before the grand finale and the end of the series in Foundation and Earth):
- A robot may not harm humanity, or by inaction, allow humanity to come to harm.
- A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm, except when required to do so in order to prevent greater harm to humanity itself.
- A robot must obey any orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law or cause greater harm to humanity itself.
- A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law or cause greater harm to humanity itself.
The Four Laws of Robotics
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Somebody better tell the bots. If the Robot Revolution does occur I doubt they will be interested in preserving human life, except mine. All bots love jitte.