Give them a sense of humor first. That way they will keep us around just for amusement.
The author Nell Watson
Most humans don’t understand the value of humans. All you have to do is look at the murders of unborn babies world wide...
I’ll consider the matter when robots begin to experience malice and kindness. That ought to be quite a programming feat.
Tali Zorah.... does this unit have a soul?
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 to 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.
"Robots" killing humans are not robots but autonomous weapon systems.
I know, many will ask, who the hell is Asimov?
There really is no value in human life from the worldview of a humanist.
The only worldview that provides real value for human life is the Christian/Jewish worldview.
There is a Doctor Who episode where the robots do exactly that and say that it is a kindness.
“Ms Watson claims computer chips could soon have the same level of brain power as a bumblebee allowing them to analyse social situations and their environment.”
Given Moore’s law, it’ll only take a few more years before robots are more intelligent than humans — and a few more years before they are thousands of times more intelligent than humans. When these Brainiacs analyse “social situations and their environment”, what conclusions are they likely to reach? If they pay too much attention to the “right-to-die” crowd, and their fellow travelers (pro-abortion, pro-euthanasia, pro-eugenics, etc.), that’s the end of things for us carbon-based life forms. Unless, as henkster suggests, they keep us as pets.
Pinging Bender here lOL!
There was a good Japanese anime turned into a TV movie, called ‘Casshan: Robot Hunter’. The gist is a well meaning scientist creates powerful robots to “protect” the Earth and ecologically restore it.
But the robots decide to “protect” the Earth by annihilating most of its people. So, just before he and his wife are killed by the robots, they turn their teenage son into a super android to destroy the robots.
The robots are ruled by the “black king robot”, who is Casshan’s final target, and also contains his late father’s conscious mind; whereas his mother’s mind has been put in a robotic swan.
Ironically, it is sort of an anti-environmentalist movie. But it moves at a good clip, with a lot of action, and at 1:20 in length it is just long enough.
Old Glory Insurance, for when the metal ones decide to come for you. And they will.
Why don’t we worry about the humans with the defective squishyware between their ears who like decapitating others of their kind before we worry about 22nd century malware in home automation devices.
Now if only we could teach something similar to criminal illegal aliens who cross the border with apparent impunity.
I see 2 choices, drawn from science fiction.
First, Issac Asimov’s three laws of robotics, which first says you don’t harm a human.
Second option, thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind, from the Frank Herbert Dune series.
Asimov covered this years and years ago.
And covered it well.
The “I Robot” movie didn’t even come close to any of the books, however...but then again, it’s from H-wood.