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>I will only undertake honest and moral work. I will stand firm against any requirement that exploits or harms people This one should probably softened up into
by zaarn 9y ago
>I will only undertake honest and moral work. I will stand firm against any requirement that exploits or harms people
This one should probably softened up into a "for the greater good" variant. I understand "do not harm" is a good starting point, but sometimes harm becomes necessary.
A surgeon will have to cut open the patient, harming them, to help them in the end.
In the same manner, a programmer may find it necessary to write code that harms a few people in order to help a whole lot more people. An example could be that a business is exploiting people and a programmer will have to harm their business and harm the people working there by writing an alternative to the businesses product.
Temporary or short-term harm will become necessary to enable a programmer to ensure reduction or larger or long-term harm.
- mrkstu 9y agoZeroeth Law of Robotics as applied to programmers...