Asimov’s Four Laws of Robotics
Zeroth Law: A robot may not injure humanity, or through inaction, allow humanity to come to harm. Asimov didn’t need this capability in his early stories: to determine just when an action- or lack of action- will harm all humanity is truly sophisticated, probably beyond the abilities of most people.
First Law: A robot may not injure a human being or through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm, unless this would violate the Zeroth Law of Robotics, could be labelled safety ” it isn’t legal, let alone proper , to produce things that can hurt people. as a result, all machines today are designed with multiple safeguards to minimize the likelihood that they can harm by their actions.
Second Law: A robot must obey orders given it by human beings,except where such orders would conflict with the Zeroth or First Law. Machines today do not have an independent mind, so they must obey orders: they have no choice but to follow the commands given to them. If they fail, they face the ultimate punishment, they are shut off and sent to the repair shop.
Third Law: A robot must protect it’s own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the zeroth , first, or second law. Given the limited capability of toady’s machines , were laws one and two seldom apply, this law is of most importance today, for we would be most annoyed if our expensive robot damaged or destroyed itself. (Norman, 2004, p.197-200)
The movie IRobot was made with these laws in mind-
(myxmovie, 2008)
It’s futuristic and yet very plausible that Robots will soon take care of and educate our children, take care of the household, and protect our world.
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