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Asimov himself wrote a short story proving how even in the scenario where the three laws are followed, harm to humans can still easily be achieved. I vaguely r
by david-gpu 2y ago
Asimov himself wrote a short story proving how even in the scenario where the three laws are followed, harm to humans can still easily be achieved.
I vaguely recall it involved two or three robots who were unaware of what the previous robots had done. First, a person asks one robot to purchase a poison, then asks another to dissolve this powder into a drink, then another serves that drink to the victim. I read the story decades ago, but the very rough idea stands.
- LeonardoTolstoy 2y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Complete_Robot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Complete_Robot You might be thinking of Let's Get Together? There is a list there of the few short stories in which the robots act against the three laws. That being said the Robot stories are meant to be a counter to the Robot As Frankenstein's Monster stories that were prolific at the time. In most of the stories robots literally cannot harm humans. It is built into the structure of their positronic brain.
- crooked-v 2y agoI would argue that the overall theme of the stories is that having a "simple" and "common sense" set of rules for behavior doesn't actually work, and that the 'robot' part is ultimately pretty incidental.