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To: NicknamedBob
Poetic robots? 3 Laws Safe I take it?

Ok... So.... now... re-fit. Inspect. Reload. Make up the last minute preps and tech changes.

8,233 posted on 10/31/2005 7:24:57 AM PST by Dead Corpse (Anyone who needs to be persuaded to be free, doesn't deserve to be. -El Neil)
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To: Dead Corpse
"3 Laws Safe I take it?"

I've been thinking about Asimov's Three Laws. (Not as much as he did, most likely.)

I don't see how you can make it work.

Robots don't obey laws, they obey programming. For our spider robots, the question doesn't even come up. At the moment, they don't even have enough brainpower to download a game scenario.

They are remote actuators and that's all. We have to control them from here, speed of light delay and all. Torturous.

For my fictional robot creations, the question was more of motivations. What motivates a robot? (Other than electricity.)

I gave mine the equivalent of childlike curiosity, and an interest in human behavior. I'm still watching to see how it works out.

But it's definitely not like Hollywood's version of a robot.

8,237 posted on 10/31/2005 8:04:51 AM PST by NicknamedBob (If I were not a husband and father, I might be wealthier, but I wouldn't be richer.)
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