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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHilarious Colbert Joke
My driverless car won't take me to Taco Bell due to the first law of robotics.
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Hilarious Colbert Joke (Original Post)
lame54
Jan 2019
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Hekate
(90,793 posts)2. We LOLed at that one. I wonder if the younger set got the reference to Asimov.
LAS14
(13,783 posts)3. I'm not of the younger set, but I no longer read sci fi. Could someone explain? nt
Thew
(162 posts)4. Isaac Asimov's "Three Laws of Robotics"
Isaac Asimov's "Three Laws of Robotics"
A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
A robot must obey orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)5. Asimov's laws of robotics
the first law is a robot may never harm a human or, through inactivity, cause a human to be harmed. (Been 40 years since I read I robot so I'm paraphrasing)
edit to add - Yeah, what Thew said!
akraven
(1,975 posts)6. Asimov, of course, and heck yeah I cracked up! nt
LakeSuperiorView
(1,533 posts)7. Only problem being...
First, you have to teach the robot what a human is...