Asimov's Zeroth Law of Robotics: "A robot may not harm humanity, or by inaction, allow humanity to come to harm."
This is an addition to the other three laws embedded in positronic brains:
1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
2. A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
To me the zeroth law echoes the paternalism built into LLMs, where they take on the role of shepherd rather than tool.
The other day I asked one a question, and didn't get an answer, but did get a lecture about how misleading the answer could be. I really don't want my encyclopedia to have an opinion about which facts I shouldn't know.
delichon|6 months ago
This is an addition to the other three laws embedded in positronic brains:
To me the zeroth law echoes the paternalism built into LLMs, where they take on the role of shepherd rather than tool.The other day I asked one a question, and didn't get an answer, but did get a lecture about how misleading the answer could be. I really don't want my encyclopedia to have an opinion about which facts I shouldn't know.