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To: jackibutterfly
I don't get it.

Classic Sci-Fi: Isaac Asimov did a series of short stories in the 1940s and 1950s that were compiled under the title "I, Robot."

Asimov posited the following three laws that would need to be hard-wired into all robots:

  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 Laws.

You can order various anthologies from Amazon.

These stories were synthesized in 2004 into an outstanding movie by the same title. This is a link to a site where, if you can deal with a few popups, you can stream the movie in 720p (for free).

68 posted on 11/26/2017 1:43:41 PM PST by markomalley (Nothing emboldens the wicked so greatly as the lack of courage on the part of the good -- Leo XIII)
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To: markomalley

OH, ok. Got it. Thanks.


100 posted on 11/29/2017 4:53:30 PM PST by jackibutterfly (With hilliary, we didnÂ’t dodge a bullet... we dodged a 100 megaton hydrogen bomb!!!)
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