!Laws-Robotics-[Three Laws Of]
Title: Three Laws of Robotics
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Publication: Wikipedia.org
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Laws_of_Robotics
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Summary: Isaac Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics are a set of rules that state a robot may not injure a human being or allow harm to come to them, must obey orders given by humans unless it conflicts with the first law, and must protect its own existence as long as it does not conflict with the first two laws. These laws are a unifying theme in Asimov’s robotic-based fiction and are incorporated into almost all of the positronic robots in his stories. Other authors have adopted these laws, and they have had an impact on the ethical considerations of artificial intelligence. Asimov made minor adjustments to the laws in his works to explore the interactions between robots and humans and introduced a fourth law, known as the zeroth law, in later stories where robots governed entire planets and civilizations.
Key Takeaways:
- The Three Laws of Robotics were created by science fiction author Isaac Asimov and were first introduced in his 1942 short story “Runaround”.
- The First Law of Robotics states that a robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
- The Second Law of Robotics states that a robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
- The Third Law of Robotics states that a robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
- The Three Laws of Robotics are an organizing principle and unifying theme in Asimov’s robotic-based fiction.
- The laws appear in his Robot series, the stories linked to it, and his Lucky Starr series of young-adult fiction.
- The laws are incorporated into almost all of the positronic robots in his fiction and cannot be bypassed.
- Asimov’s robot-focused stories often involve robots behaving in unusual and counter-intuitive ways due to how they apply the Three Laws of Robotics to their situation.
- Other authors working in Asimov’s fictional universe have adopted the Three Laws of Robotics.
- References to the laws, often parodic, appear throughout science fiction and other genres.
- The original laws have been changed and expanded upon by Asimov and other writers.
- Asimov made minor adjustments to the first three Laws in his works to explore the interactions between robots and humans.
- Asimov introduced a fourth law, known as the zeroth law, in later stories where robots governed entire planets and civilizations.
- The zeroth law states that a robot may not harm humanity, or, by inaction, allow humanity to come to harm.
- The Three Laws of Robotics, and the zeroth law, are referenced in many books, films, and other media.
- The laws have had an impact on the ethical considerations of artificial intelligence.