Monday, June 05, 2006

The 4th Law

Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry is working on a new set of safety guidelines for next-generation robots. This set of regulations would constitute a first attempt at a formal version of the first of Asimov's science-fictional Laws of Robotics, or at least the portion that states that humans shall not be harmed by robots.

I suggest adding a 4th law: A robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, allow Will Smith to create any more Asimov movies, thus allowing human beings to come to harm when watching the film.

LiveScience.com - Asimov's First Law: Japan Sets Rules for Robots

Yes, for the record, I'm still bitter.

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2 comments:

CNE said...

Aw HELL NAW!

FuserKill said...

I chuckle most heartily