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farseer4 t1_j243jjl wrote

Reply to comment by mickdrop in Finished I, Robot by Isaac Asimov by battleangel1999

Actually, you can't. The first law prevents robots from hurting any humans. It would take something like the 0th law to allow a robot to kill people in order to save more people.

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HRDBMW t1_j246teq wrote

If through inaction, 5 humans die instead of one, that violates the 1st law.

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palparepa t1_j252i6d wrote

But if through action, that one human dies, it still violates the first law. Older robots get completely stumped on facing such a dilemma.

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