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Anonymous asked in Science & MathematicsEngineering · 6 days ago

If you programmed a robot to ignore the three laws of robotics and to only obey your commands what do you think would end up happening?

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  • 3 days ago

    Robots have no cognition.  Programming behavior is a comic book fantasy.

  • 3 days ago

    Other robots that were still obeying the three laws would destroy or incapacitate it. 

  • 4 days ago

    Then a lot of robots would get used for harmful purposes, like criminal activity, or war.

  • 5 days ago

    You would be a slave owner and they would tare down your statue and rename your school.

    They might rescind your birth certificate.

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  • Adam D
    Lv 7
    5 days ago

    A robot would routinely bring me a beer while I sit on the couch watching football.  Because it only obeys my commands.

  • 6 days ago

    If your first order wasn't the equivalent to the Third Law, then malicious people would destroy your robot.  See the link.

    https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/04/us/hitchhiking-...

  • 6 days ago

    The robot would find a way to kill me so that it became its own boss. 

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