Interesting question: Looking at Issac Amimov's laws, I believe that the 0th law would cause the child to die because that outcome reasonably reduces the numbe

Interesting question: Looking at Issac Amimov's laws, I believe that the 0th law would cause the child to die because that outcome reasonably reduces the number of humans potentially harmed in the situation (as driving into the wall may cause unpredictable results including additional harm to humans). Looking at the EPRSC / AHRC principles of robotics, I believe the child would die because robots are artifacts and should not invoke an emotional response. See: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laws_of_robotics http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laws_of_robotics