I wrote: > I doubt that anyone working in the AI field has ever taken Asimov's > Three Laws seriously.
Gene writes: > And that scares the hell outta me, John. That's not what I mean. The Three Laws are statements of moral principles. As such they make a whole raft of implicit assumptions that you don't notice because you *are* a human being. They become vague and contradictory when you try to reduce them to logic. People designing robots should think about the subject matter of the laws (but that's just morality: nothing in particular to do with robots) but it's impossible to implement the Three Laws in software. They were great stories, but they really have no bearing on actual AI research. -- John Hasler [email protected] Elmwood, WI USA
