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December 11, 2015

#1615: Red Car

Red Car

Why Asimov put the Three Laws of Robotics in the order he did:

Possible Ordering:

  1. (1.) Don’t Harm Humans

  2. (2.) Obey Orders

  3. (3.) Protect Yourself

Consequences:

[See Asimov’s Stories]

[[In Green]] Balanced World

Possible Ordering:

  1. (1.) Don’t Harm Humans

  2. (3.) Protect Yourself

  3. (2.) Obey Orders

Consequences:

Person 1: Explore Mars

Rover: Haha, no. It’s cold and I’d die.

[[In Yellow]] Frustrating World

Possible Ordering:

  1. (2.) Obey Orders

  2. (1.) Don’t Harm Humans

  3. (3.) Protect Yourself

Consequences:

[[A scene of destruction, with robots vs. humans, explosions everywhere, and projectiles flying throughout.]]

[[In Red]] Killbot Hellscape

Possible Ordering:

  1. (2.) Obey Orders

  2. (3.) Protect Yourself

  3. (1.) Don’t Harm Humans

Consequences:

[[A scene of destruction, with robots vs. humans, explosions everywhere, and projectiles flying throughout.]]

[[In Red]] Killbot Hellscape

Possible Ordering:

  1. (3.) Protect Yourself

  2. (1.) Don’t Harm Humans

  3. (2.) Obey Orders

Consequences:

[[Robot confronting a human]]

Robot: I’ll make cars for you, but try to unplug me and I’ll vaporize you.

[[In Yellow]] Terrifying Standoff

Possible Ordering:

  1. (3.) Protect Yourself

  2. (2.) Obey Orders

  3. (1.) Don’t Harm Humans

Consequences:

[[A scene of destruction, with robots vs. humans, explosions everywhere, and projectiles flying throughout.]]

[[In Red]] Killbot Hellscape