Can we talk about the 3 laws of robotics?
What are potential issues with the 3 laws?
How would you modify them to correct these issues? Would you propose a different set of laws altogether?
Im wondering if adding/modifying the 0th law to be "A robot may not interfere with the development of the human race, or through inaction, allow other non-human entities to do the same" would be a good idea?
The issue is that the 3 laws eventually lead us to a pointless existence. We do what the robots want us to do, even without realizing it. Its not a bad existence, because they will always have our best interests in mind, but it would be a stagnant one. We would lose what it means to be human. The idea with this is to prevent robots from deliberately trying to impact our long term development, even if that means that it leads to a less than optimal future. On the other hand, if something other than a human is going to severely alter our destiny like a cataclismic meteor or an alien invasion, they would still take action to prevent this. Then again, what if we WANT to contact aliens? I guess if we approve of the contact, then it would not qualify as allowing a non-human entity to influence us, since it would be a mutual agreement.
Thoughts? other ideas?
What are potential issues with the 3 laws?
How would you modify them to correct these issues? Would you propose a different set of laws altogether?
Im wondering if adding/modifying the 0th law to be "A robot may not interfere with the development of the human race, or through inaction, allow other non-human entities to do the same" would be a good idea?
The issue is that the 3 laws eventually lead us to a pointless existence. We do what the robots want us to do, even without realizing it. Its not a bad existence, because they will always have our best interests in mind, but it would be a stagnant one. We would lose what it means to be human. The idea with this is to prevent robots from deliberately trying to impact our long term development, even if that means that it leads to a less than optimal future. On the other hand, if something other than a human is going to severely alter our destiny like a cataclismic meteor or an alien invasion, they would still take action to prevent this. Then again, what if we WANT to contact aliens? I guess if we approve of the contact, then it would not qualify as allowing a non-human entity to influence us, since it would be a mutual agreement.
Thoughts? other ideas?
