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de_keyboard | 3 years ago

> First Law

> A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.

Hmmm I wonder about trolley problems

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kadoban|3 years ago

You may already know, but _most_ of Asimov's stories with the three laws are heavily based on problems with said laws, and clever loopholes of various sorts.

So it's always hilarious when people use them unironically/uncritically in other contexts.