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- badqat, on 11/30/2008, -12/+139I for one, welcome our new robotic and ethical overlords that won't commit war crimes.
- Shadoblak, on 12/01/2008, -2/+78Hasn't science fiction taught us that no matter what we do, robots will always kill us?
- Chairboy, on 12/01/2008, -3/+751. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
2. A robot must obey orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law. - suburbanWMD, on 12/01/2008, -1/+57Doesn't the military watch ***** movies?
- copypastry, on 12/01/2008, -3/+57John Connor: You just can't go around killing people.
The Terminator: Why?
John Connor: What do you mean why? 'Cause you can't.
The Terminator: Why?
John Connor: Because you just can't, OK? Trust me on this. - identityxcrysis, on 12/01/2008, -1/+54"DON'T KILL ME, DON'T KILL ME!
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SUDO DON'T KILL ME ME!" - lintmonkey, on 12/01/2008, -4/+55Of course they can't commit war crimes -- they're not human.
You can't try a toaster for arson. - inactive, on 12/01/2008, -0/+39Doesn't matter how many people you hire to ensure the ethics of building these machines. Eventually all you need is one person or group to hack them.
- doiveo, on 11/30/2008, -1/+38Mark, I know you are 14 and just getting out your Hannah Montana phase but, you should really rent Terminator 1 and 2 (skip 3) sometime soon. Too may cultural references abound.
- mtg101, on 11/30/2008, -1/+37Boy, have we got a war for you...where nothing can go wrong!
- sockpuppets, on 12/01/2008, -0/+36A little piece of me just died reading that.
- artfiend77, on 12/01/2008, -1/+37Yeah, NOTHING wrong can come of this, AT ALL.
- AmericanGunner, on 12/01/2008, -3/+37Sponsored by Skynet.
- ZincSaucier, on 11/30/2008, -1/+35its gonna go great with those laser guns, cybernetic mecha suits, jetpacks, and other stupid soon to be pentagon developments that i've heard about on ***** news sites
- ravage86, on 12/01/2008, -1/+33So now when a robot crushes a civilian's car, they can call it an industrial accident?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJC1unnuwds
disgusting... - B3000, on 12/01/2008, -0/+32Soldier robots would be pretty useless if they were programmed to follows Asimov's laws.
- catinthebox, on 12/01/2008, -1/+33OH, HELLO THERE HUMON.
WE HAVE COME TO DELIVER YOUR SOUL TO CHRIST.
PLEASE TAKE THIS 'BOOK OF MORMON' AS A TOKEN OF LOVE AND TRUST. - Spartanious, on 11/30/2008, -3/+31oxymoron?
- Mawds, on 12/01/2008, -0/+26I prefer these...
1. Serve the public trust.
2. Protect the innocent.
3. Uphold the law.
4. Classified. - garths, on 12/01/2008, -0/+26We're talking about robots, not women.
- sockpuppets, on 12/01/2008, -0/+23They anticipated that would be your response.
- archer104, on 12/01/2008, -0/+234. A robot may not put squirrels down his pants for the purpose of gambling.
- DimHearted, on 12/01/2008, -2/+24the humans are dead, i poked one he,s dead
- RawMeat3000, on 12/01/2008, -0/+22Not if you neglect to define your enemy as a "human being". Dehumanize the enemy and it makes it easier for the robots to kill. Assuming they can tell the difference between friendly and enemy forces, anyway.
- Bjango, on 12/01/2008, -0/+18You mean "Danger, Danger Will Robinson"?
- inactive, on 12/01/2008, -1/+19They'll reach down your throat and pull out your ***** heart! It's what they do! It's ALL they do!
- SawButter, on 12/01/2008, -0/+17The Terminator: Ok so i'll run for Governor in CA then.
- rac1234, on 12/01/2008, -0/+16Except on alternate Tuesdays between the hours of 3pm and 3:30pm.
- bashnu, on 12/01/2008, -0/+15Next project - politicians.
- smotpoker, on 12/01/2008, -0/+15And/or one tyrant to redefine 'enemy combatant' as anyone with a star of David sewn on their clothing, a turban, an RFID implant, etc
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- dracostimpy, on 12/01/2008, -2/+14What they can do is replay Rick Astley songs in an infinite loop until you go mad and attack them, at which time they're perfectly justified in decapitating you.
- kcap122, on 12/01/2008, -3/+15 terminator, terminator 2, terminator 3; i, robot; 2001 a space odyssey, the matrix, the player piano (vonnegut ftw). have we learned nothing?
- Azerael, on 12/01/2008, -1/+12'RFID implant'
more likely, the lack thereof - Homerr, on 12/01/2008, -1/+12Hmmm, I was looking for a theonion.com URL here.
- abreinig, on 12/01/2008, -2/+13America ***** Yeah!
- inactive, on 12/01/2008, -3/+13August 30th, the day skynet took over
- inactive, on 12/01/2008, -0/+10give him a break guys, if i didn't check his profile i would've never seen that photo of jessica alba's ass
- bobbi21, on 12/01/2008, -0/+10but then they won't be as aggressive and won't kill as many enemies either.
- badalchemist, on 12/01/2008, -0/+10Binary Solo
0000001000000111000000100001111 - cdigioia, on 12/01/2008, -0/+9Aw but we love that stuff on Digg.
Hey, did you hear about the new revolutionary solar cells? No, not the ones one Tuesday, on Wednesday...no not those ones, the ones from later on Wednesday. - irishjays, on 12/01/2008, -0/+8Yeah, as long as they look like Summer Glau
- PeteDavis, on 12/01/2008, -1/+9Bite my shiny metal ass....
- chrisduser, on 12/01/2008, -1/+9Genius.
- archer104, on 12/01/2008, -0/+8kill 'em with kindness?
- Nintendesert, on 12/01/2008, -0/+7Women usually keep reaching until they get to your testicles, then they pull.
- TSK05, on 12/01/2008, -1/+8In addition to above, Asimov tried to circumvent his own laws many times. I don't think the robots were ever successful in his stories and books but there were many attempts - I'm pretty sure the suggestion was that it's possible.
(Side note: The movie I, Robot clearly contradicts "1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm." Greater good was the reasoning of the robot, but through this reasoning at least one human must be hurt, thus violating the first rule of robotics. Pretty sure this is also the conclusion Asimov came to when he "explored" the zeroth law of robotics in his later works) - jonahan52, on 12/01/2008, -0/+7Please don't run these things with Windows...
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