(1) A robot may not kill or injure a human being.

(2). A robot must obey an order given it by a human being.

(3). A robot must protect its own existence, as long as such self-protection does not conflict with the first and second laws.

FYI Isaac Asimov wrote a lot of robot novels and stories, mostly before the personal computer became a thing.

jmbar2

(6,839 posts)

5. The Chinese robot obviously did NOT get the memo!

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Fri May 2, 2025, 01:15 PM

20 hrs ago

LogDog75

(413 posts)

6. There is a Fourth Law of Robotics

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Fri May 2, 2025, 02:18 PM

19 hrs ago

Asimov added a Fourth Law of Robotics in his Robots and Empire novel as part of the continuation of his Foundation novels. The Fourth Law is:

A robot cannot cause harm to mankind or, by inaction, allow mankind to come to harm.

Angleae

(4,701 posts)

8. Asimov's laws of robotics are insufficient.

Reply to Vogon_Glory (Reply #2)

Fri May 2, 2025, 02:53 PM

19 hrs ago

It automatically assumes that the hardware & software is perfectly designed & build, and that it can't ever have a malfunction.

AllaN01Bear

(24,917 posts)

7. by your command.

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Fri May 2, 2025, 02:23 PM

19 hrs ago

jmowreader

(52,209 posts)

9. We saw that in the first two RoboCop movies

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Fri May 2, 2025, 07:51 PM

14 hrs ago

In the first one, ED-209 shot the hell out of Mr. Kinney during Dick Jones' demonstration...and in the second, when Dr. Faxx built several new RoboCops out of dead cops, the first one blew away two engineers before it committed suicide.

Clouds Passing

(4,540 posts)

10. Dang! They're messing with the wrong bot 🤖

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Fri May 2, 2025, 08:11 PM

13 hrs ago

LudwigPastorius

(12,321 posts)

11. China demonstrates its technological superiority by creating a robot that can do the Bernie Dance.

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Fri May 2, 2025, 11:31 PM

10 hrs ago

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