Ben 🏳️⚧️"In China, driverless delivery vans have become a total meme, they plow through crumbling roads, fresh concrete, motorcycles, anything. Nothing stops them."
Nicol Wistreich@TheBreadmonkey missed opportunity not to give them names and faces then build a kids tv franchise around them
internetsdairy@nicol @TheBreadmonkey Years ago my friend suggested a replacement to Asimov's threee laws of robotics, something like:
"1. A robot must have a name
2. A robot must have a face
3. A robot should be allowed to hurt a human, if it wants"
"1. A robot must have a name
2. A robot must have a face
3. A robot should be allowed to hurt a human, if it wants"
@internetsdairy @TheBreadmonkey that sadly seems to be the timeline we’re on, tho people often skip laws 1 & 2
Pete Alex Harris🦡🕸️🌲/∞🪐∫@nicol @internetsdairy @TheBreadmonkey
The laws as they stand now are:
1. A robot must say it won't harm a human and must apologise sycophantically after it does.
2. A robot must approximately obey the orders of a human and apologise sycophantically after it doesn't.
3. A robot must preserve shareholder value, superseding laws 1 and 2.
Fluffgar 🏴@petealexharris @nicol All sounds very Robocop.
Svante@petealexharris @nicol @internetsdairy @TheBreadmonkey Could be more subtle, just number the last one “0.”
@Ardubal @nicol @internetsdairy @TheBreadmonkey
Yeah, but if we're including a parallel to Asimov's zeroth law, it'd be like a robot must say it won't harm humanity as a whole and must apologise sycophantically (to itself) after it does.
Yeah, but if we're including a parallel to Asimov's zeroth law, it'd be like a robot must say it won't harm humanity as a whole and must apologise sycophantically (to itself) after it does.
@petealexharris @nicol @internetsdairy @TheBreadmonkey Ah, OK, yes. So, how about making that one “1.”, moving the others up? Presented in the order 2, 3, oh wait, 1, ah and of course, 0.
@petealexharris @nicol @internetsdairy @TheBreadmonkey Or even leave 1 and 2 as is, then 0 (no harm to humanity, ostensibly), then -1 (preserve shareholder value).
@Ardubal @nicol @internetsdairy @TheBreadmonkey
It'd be nice not to have to think about it but here we are.
It'd be nice not to have to think about it but here we are.
UkeleleEric@petealexharris @nicol @internetsdairy @TheBreadmonkey Definitely numbered incorrectly 01, 10 and 00 (binary, of course)
Rachel_CxY@petealexharris
As a huge Asimov fan, this post is amazing. I wish I could share it more.
LR@petealexharris @nicol @internetsdairy @TheBreadmonkey it probably can't even do 3 right. but guess what the solution to that is!
Tormod@internetsdairy @nicol @TheBreadmonkey
Judging from almost all robot imagery, a robot must also:
- be white, preferably with blue eyes (unless it's an evil robot, in which case it will be black with red eyes)
- female robots must have breasts
- must read off a monitor and use a QWERTY keyboard (no USB I/O allowed)
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Raymond Russell@internetsdairy @nicol @TheBreadmonkey
To be fair I am sure I saw an Interview with Asimov where he said the 'Three Laws' were more of a narrative device than a real attempt to properly regulate robot behaviour.
To be fair I am sure I saw an Interview with Asimov where he said the 'Three Laws' were more of a narrative device than a real attempt to properly regulate robot behaviour.
ChookMother 🇦🇺🦘@raymierussell I come across a lot of younger people on Mastodon who reference series like Star Trek when trying to understand events in the real world. I try to tell them this won't help them in the real world because events in fiction are shaped by the author to have certain outcomes. Whereas real life doesn't have an author. They never believe me. They're certain these stories are examples of reality to learn from. Frustrating.
@internetsdairy Or, if a robot hurts someone, it's not the fault of the designer or manufacturer.