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170 points bookofjoe | 2 comments | 10 Apr 25 14:30 UTC | HN request time: 0.418s | 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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hinkley ◴[10 Apr 25 19:27 UTC] No.43647271[source]▶

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And one that was sacrificing a few for the good of the species. You can save more future humans by killing a few humans today that are causing trouble.

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1. pfisch ◴[10 Apr 25 19:50 UTC] No.43647445[source]▶

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Isn't that the plot of westworld season 3?

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2. hinkley ◴[10 Apr 25 20:41 UTC] No.43647846[source]▶

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I think better than half the writers on Westworld were not born yet when the OG Foundation books were written.

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