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akie ◴[] No.40665987[source]
Pretty sure Asimov didn’t consider that when he wrote his three laws of robotics.
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jazzyjackson ◴[] No.40666069[source]
Asimov wrote the three laws as a parody of rationalists who are so uncreative they expect a ruleset can actually impose control

Or, as Dr Malcom would say: life, uh, finds a way.

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1. m463 ◴[] No.40666459[source]
rule 1: "don't be evil"

rule 2: IBM gets a pass¹

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSON

(hmmm... except wikipedia doesn't have the story)

EDIT: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3693388