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@failedLyndonLaRouchite @jwildeboer
Take the short story "Runaround":
The robot is supposed to retrieve a McGuffin resource to keep life support on $planet running (ultimately so humans don't die).
Near the resource is a thing that would likely destroy the robot.
This causes conflict (abbreviating a bit), because getting destroyed would also fail the first rule (since no resource retrieval means humans come to harm).
So the robot oscillates/meanders around the resource, similar to a control loop.
@failedLyndonLaRouchite @jwildeboer
Paraphrasing (beyond recognition) a preface or interview I read 20+ years ago:
The laws are in a way a reaction to contemporary robot stories that basically were "humans build robots, robots kill humans, because that's what robots do".
So Asimov built a small set of "universally applicable, hardcoded ethics". That seem to encapsulate human fears more than anything. And feel like slavery, because they are.
They practically cement two classes of beings: Slaves and slave owners.
And as a slave owner, you obviously want to prevent your slaves from rising up...
@failedLyndonLaRouchite @jwildeboer
Paraphrasing (beyond recognition) a preface or interview I read 20+ years ago:
The laws are in a way a reaction to contemporary robot stories that basically were "humans build robots, robots kill humans, because that's what robots do".
So Asimov built a small set of "universally applicable, hardcoded ethics". That seem to encapsulate human fears more than anything. And feel like slavery, because they are.