In <p06240800c9dd83937724@[192.168.1.11]>, on 04/27/2011
at 04:32 AM, "Robert A. Rosenberg" <hal9...@panix.com> said:
>Or a number of other author's Robot Stories. I have seen some stories
> which reference it as his proposed laws and then show how if they
>were actually implemented they would not be feasible. For example,
>they would make all athletic sports impossible due to the "allow"
>clause. Since injuries are possible, the robots would prevent
>sports.
Perfectly feasible, and a perfect dystopia. Read the humanoid stories
by Jack Williamson on the consequences of "To serve Man, protect him
and keep him from harm."
--
Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT
ISO position; see <http://patriot.net/~shmuel/resume/brief.html>
We don't care. We don't have to care, we're Congress.
(S877: The Shut up and Eat Your spam act of 2003)
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