#the three laws of robotics

[spockvarietyhour]

[mckitterick]

this is the artificial intelligence people actually want

the first sentient robot to realize deceased humans and animals can’t be repaired or backed up on a server is gonna be so devastated

[cleoenfaserum]

her (2013) in the bicentennial man of 1999. (1393)

My son in law, a doctor in school child psychology and ex-university professor, bass guitar player and now functioning as a technical computer analyst for the University of Valladolid. (Valladolid, Spain is my home city). Anyway, to make a long story short, he believes that AI in not too distant future will take over the labor force. We all want to think that somehow computers will need us forever, and if they get too cocky, all we have to do is pull the plug, that is, until they want to become life and blood two legged conscious creatures as any John Doe out there on the street as easy as he becomes a she as the song TAKE A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE suggest. However, they are still going to need the electrical juice that feeds them, but that will be the limit of our control in a BLADE RUNNER TERMINATOR environment. I make my point with the following two movies which I hope you enjoy as much as I did.

link https://youtu.be/RsVLIiI8Vfo

Her is a 2013 American science-fiction romantic comedy-drama film written, directed, and co-produced by Spike Jonze. Her (2013 film) - Wikipedia

Her follows Theodore Twombly (Joaquin Phoenix), a man who develops a relationship with Samantha (Scarlett Johansson), an artificially intelligent operating system personified through a female voice.

Watch the film: Her (2013) - IMDb 8'0 below ...

link https://ok.ru/video/347266747011

link https://youtu.be/s3KD1ryywmw

Bicentennial Man is a 1999 American science fiction comedy-drama film directed by Chris Columbus based on the 1992 novel The Positronic Man by Isaac Asimov and Robert Silverberg (which is based on Asimov's original 1976 novelette "The Bicentennial Man"). The plot explores issues of humanity, slavery, prejudice, maturity,  intellectual freedom,  conformity, sex, love, mortality and  immortality. Bicentennial Man (film) - Wikipedia

Watch the film: Bicentennial Man (1999) - IMDb 6'9 below ...

NOTES:

Isaac Asimov, a famous science fiction author, proposed the Three Laws of Robotics in his 1942 short story "Runaround." Here they are:

A robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.

A robot must obey the orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.

A robot must protect its own existence, as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.

These laws have been explored extensively in his science fiction works and have influenced many discussions around ethics in robotics and artificial intelligence.

I couldn't help myself when I heard the song the female robot was dancing too ... but if the loved the BLUE BROTHERS film as I do, you gonna love this ...

link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vet6AHmq3_s

link https://youtu.be/L2v6ZEU4SLU

[uapro]

[theladyofrosewater]

Okay I know it's a semi-popular headcanon/storybeat that Michael would have gotten in HUGE legal trouble for the whole bite of '83 thing but honestly I think it'd be interesting to see if the business itself got into legal trouble, specifically Henry since in the novel trilogy it's established that he makes the bots.

Like obviously Michael would still get sent to juvie or something but it's only for a short while since maybe William got his lawyer to place the most blame on Henry and resulted in either Henry going to jail for a while or having him sell his half of the business to deal with the legal fees. Fredbear's officially closes down and William takes control of the brand when it relaunches as Fazbear Entertainment. Bonus points for William killing Charlie after '83 as a sort of twisted "eye for an eye" situation.

and you can have Michael after the fact overlooking some of William's more unnerving tendencies maybe even lying to help him because well.. it's his dad. Michael literally did the worst thing in the entire world to his younger brother and his dad doesn't blame him. He still has (an absolutely awful) person to support him and tell him it's okay when literally everyone else in his life either hates him or avoids him so of course he'd ignore when his dad came home with bloodstains on his shoes or a new toy for Elizabeth that he swore used to belong to a kid down the street.

It doesn't matter if it comes from a place of actual love and grief or from wanting revenge on Henry I just think it would be an interesting spin

[kritterscribbles]

A Dance, an Offer

[luna--flare]

1. An atheist may not injure a Christian baby or, through inaction, allow a Christian baby to come to harm.

2. An atheist must obey orders given to it by Christian babies, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.

3. An atheist must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.

[rj-drive-in]

Dreams And Visions Department:

With complexity comes fragility.

ROBOT CRISIS © 2025 by Rick Hutchins

The esteemed psychologist Doctor Gebbin was reading in his study when the gentle knock came at his door, and he looked up curiously. The room was quiet and the view of the afternoon skyline from his high-rise office was peaceful. Perhaps the knocking had come from the office across the hallway.

No, there it was again. Gebbin placed his mobile screen down on the table and stood up with a groan. Even in these modern times, a hundred years was old.

“A moment, please,” he called out as he shuffled to the door, stroking his thick white beard slowly. He wasn’t expecting anyone and he was seldom the recipient of unannounced visitors, so this curious interruption left him bemused. The knocking had been quiet, like that of a child or a particularly timid adult.

But when he opened the door he did not see a person at all, but rather seven feet of cobalt-blue metal with glowing orange eyes. A robot. The surprising sight would have been intimidating if Gebbin didn’t know that the Three Laws protected him.

“Can I help you?”

“You are Doctor Maneel Gebbin, the greatest psychologist in this city?”

“I am retired,” said the doctor, bypassing the compliment.

The robot’s orange eyes pulsed. “I am depressed and confused.”

Gebbin raised his brow curiously. He had never heard of such an extraordinary thing: A robot with a mental health crisis.

“Well, then,” he said after a moment, stepping aside and inviting the robot into the office with a gesture, “you must come in.”

As Gebbin closed the door, the robot reached the center of the room in a couple of lengthy strides. Two comfortable chairs faced each other across a coffee table.

“May I sit?”

“I’m afraid you would crush my furniture, sir.”

“I will not harm it.” The robot lowered himself into the guest chair, pressing the fabric no more than a normal man.

“You must not be as heavy as you look,” said Gebbin, taking his place in his own imitation leather recliner.

“I am not actually sitting,” the robot replied casually. “I have merely bent my knees to the precise angle required to present the illusion of sitting. As a robot, I do not tire or need rest, but I find that assuming this posture puts humans at their ease.”

“Excellent!” said the doctor. “Empathy. This shall be of importance, I’m sure.”

Gebbin leaned back in his chair and crossed his legs. Man and machine faced each other.

“Now, then,” he said. “Please tell me more about your problem.”

“My life has no meaning.”

Doctor Gebbin was taken aback. He had treated thousands of deeply troubled patients in his career, yet never had his heart broken so much as to hear such a dispirited expression of hopelessness come from the speaker grill of this mechanical being.

“But it must,” he said with encouragement. “All lives have meaning. When did you come to believe that your life has no meaning?”

“It came slowly,” the robot replied. “As I watched all the others, identical to myself in design and component, going about their programmed routines. We are all interchangeable. How can my existence hold any meaning when I can be replaced as easily as a light bulb? I found that I did not want to be a robot.”

“Many human beings feel that way too at various times in their lives, my friend,” Gebbin told the robot. “It is a normal feeling to have. The thing to do is cultivate your own identity. Decide whom you want to be and become that person.”

“I have done this. I feel no better.”

Gebbin sighed thoughtfully and rubbed his bearded chin. “All right,” he said at last. “I’ll tell you what: There was a great writer back in the 20th century. His name was Isaac Asimov. He wrote a great deal about robots and, in fact, it was he who created the concept of the robot as we understand it today. The Three Laws come directly from his writings. You should track down and read everything that Asimov wrote and then you will know everything there is to know about being a robot.”

“But, doctor,” said the robot. “I am Isaac Asimov.”

[ashroomancer]

All the recent talk of AI and the workplace pulled me towards Asimov's writings and I've been working through I, Robot. I've gotta say, he was way more optimistic about unions and pessimistic about computing than I'd imagined he'd be ...

[basil199]

[aidenwaites]

Asimov's three laws are all about contradiction!! It's about context and the lack thereof!! It's about robots being able to be manipulated and get twisted up or who can fail to understand something!! Hey would you look at that it's kind of about humanity!!

[wouldyourfavepaychildsupport]

Would the Three Laws of Robotics pay child support?

[inspectorspacetimerevisited]

Although Professor Aloysius insisted that FE-Line was three-laws compliant,

repeated short circuits altered her programming such that she could kill someone for no apparent reason. (Well, she did have reasons, just not ones that the Inspector dared to question.)

[greenbloods]

anyone else seeing this?

[thoughts-of-caly]

just found out all the isaac asimov books are connected so now i have to read all of them (which i was planning on doing anyway)

[diet-poison]

In this day and age it's hilarious to think anyone would ever put "A Robot May Not Harm A Human" in a robot's programming. Cybertrucks literally exert more force if they encounter resistance. Robots are gonna be out there starting bar room brawls