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170 points bookofjoe | 1 comments | 10 Apr 25 14:30 UTC | HN request time: 0.297s | source

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aszantu ◴[10 Apr 25 17:37 UTC] No.43646247[source]▶

Funny thing About Asimov was how he came up with the laws of robotics and then cases on how they don't work. There are a few that I remember, one where a robot was lying because a bug in his brain gave him empathy and he didn't want to hurt humans.

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nitwit005 ◴[10 Apr 25 18:25 UTC] No.43646735[source]▶

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I was always a bit surprised other sci fi authors liked the "three laws" idea, as it seems like a technological variation of other stories about instructions or wishes going wrong.

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1. pfisch ◴[10 Apr 25 19:48 UTC] No.43647434[source]▶

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I mean, now we call the three laws "alignment", but it honestly seems inevitable that it will go wrong eventually.

That of course isn't stopping us from marching forwards though in the name of progress.

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Isaac Asimov describes how AI will liberate humans and their creativity (1992)