@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...