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Re: The AI Problem, historical perspective

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On Sun, 25 Aug 2019 09:37:32 -0400
The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> wrote:

> It seems clear to me that when Asimov formulated the Three Laws, he
> either failed to account for the possibility of legitimate cases for
> robots injuring or otherwise harming humans (war, law enforcement,
> private security, ...), or - and I think this is the more likely
> scenario - was specifically trying to disallow any of those things
> from ever being considered legitimate to have a robot do, either out
> of philosophical objections or out of concern for the consequences
> which could arise (in a robot-uprising sense, if nothing else) if
> that door were once opened even a crack.

On the other tentacle, the Good Doctor was well aware of, and got a lot
of good stories out of, the problems associated with the Three Laws.

"By the Asimov who made you,
you're a better man than I, Hunk a Tin."

-- Randall Garrett

-- 
"When we talk of civilization, we are too apt to limit the meaning of
the word to its mere embellishments, such as arts and sciences; but
the true distinction between it and barbarism is, that the one
presents a state of society under the protection of just and
well-administered law, and the other is left to the chance government
of brute force."
- The Rev. James White, Eighteen Christian Centuries, 1889
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The AI Problem, historical perspective bw <bwtnguy@yahoo.com> - 2019-08-25 02:40 +0200
  Re: The AI Problem, historical perspective John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2019-08-25 03:10 +0200
    Re: The AI Problem, historical perspective Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2019-08-25 03:40 +0200
      Re: The AI Problem, historical perspective John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2019-08-25 04:10 +0200
        Re: The AI Problem, historical perspective Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2019-08-25 09:20 +0200
        Re: The AI Problem, historical perspective <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2019-08-25 10:10 +0200
          Re: The AI Problem, historical perspective John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2019-08-25 14:30 +0200
            Re: The AI Problem, historical perspective Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2019-08-25 15:30 +0200
              Re: The AI Problem, historical perspective The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2019-08-25 15:40 +0200
                Re: The AI Problem, historical perspective John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2019-08-25 16:50 +0200
                Re: The AI Problem, historical perspective deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2019-08-25 17:00 +0200
                Re: The AI Problem, historical perspective Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2019-08-25 17:20 +0200
                Re: The AI Problem, historical perspective Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2019-08-25 17:00 +0200
              Re: The AI Problem, historical perspective John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2019-08-25 16:40 +0200
  Re: The AI Problem, historical perspective Nicholas Geovanis <nickgeovanis@gmail.com> - 2019-08-25 03:30 +0200
    Re: The AI Problem, historical perspective John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2019-08-25 03:40 +0200
      Re: The AI Problem, historical perspective Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2019-08-25 05:00 +0200

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