Favorite Law of Robotics.

[baldguy]

Damn! How much of a GEEK am I? -

An Extended Set of the Laws of Robotics :

The Meta-Law - A robot may not act unless its actions are subject to the Laws of Robotics

Law Zero - A robot may not injure humanity, or, through inaction, allow humanity to come to harm

Law One - A robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm, unless this would violate a higher-order Law

Law Two - A robot must obey orders given it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with a higher-order Law
A robot must obey orders given it by superordinate robots, except where such orders would conflict with a higher-order Law

Law Three - A robot must protect the existence of a superordinate robot as long as such protection does not conflict with a higher-order Law
A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with a higher-order Law

Law Four - A robot must perform the duties for which it has been programmed, except where that would conflict with a higher-order law

The Procreation Law - A robot may not take any part in the design or manufacture of a robot unless the new robot's actions are subject to the Laws of Robotics

http://www.anu.edu.au/people/Roger.Clarke/SOS/Asimov.html

[Goldom]

1. Zero's the only one I remember,

because by crazy chance I happened to look it up for something yesterday. Don't think I've even heard of 4th or meta...

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2. Zappa's law: "All government Sponsored recreational Services are clean and

"All government sponsored recreational services are clean and efficient."

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3. We can thank R. Daneel for some of those, eh?

Heh heh.

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4. Kick

the laws of robotics are far, far, far too important to just pass up without commenting on them, people.

[bhunt70]

5. Meta all the way.

Let clones have all the free will.