• makeshiftreaper@lemmy.world
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    22 hours ago

    A huge point of I, Robot is that there isn’t some exact instructions you can give robots that will have them always protect humanity. They have an inherent danger in their literalism

    • SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works
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      20 hours ago

      It’s the underlying crux of the entire series, and even Foundation too. The Zeroeth law requires a massive war to develop it and still doesn’t solve the problem.