What limits does mankind need to impose on robotics?
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2- What limits does mankind need to impose on robotics?
Today, the robot does not hunt humans, but should we be aware of situations where the robot will be more efficient, faster and at cheaper than humans because it will have no physical needs or concentration problem? What are the intentions that we will give to the robots and what limits, what roles and what duties we will require them to respect? Will the robot be the one who delivers us order? Or the one that will allow us to be more efficient?
In 1942, the writer Isaac Asimov created 3 rules to limit the action of robots.
First Law: a robot cannot injure a human being, or by its inaction, allow a human being to be injured.
Second Law: A robot must obey orders given to it by human beings, except when such orders are opposed to the First Law.
Third Law: A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
After that he added a rule of, the zero law: A robot cannot endanger humanity, or by its inaction, allow humanity to be endangered.
The 3 other laws are modified, they are only applicable if they do not oppose the zero law.
There are problems about these laws: A robot knows how to notice a physical injury but not a mental injury. A robot can decide if its action endangers humanity in the short term, but it is also necessary to plan in the long term, how can it do that?
It is also necessary to foresee the hackers who would like to change these rules. The robot must NOT be able to change these basic rules, it needs to be protected.
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