• Question: Will robots ever take over the world?

    Asked by emily_jade to Anna, George, Jodi, Rob, Stefan on 18 Nov 2014. This question was also asked by Isabelle_Sasha.
    • Photo: Jodi Schneider

      Jodi Schneider answered on 18 Nov 2014:

      How do you know we already haven’t?

      **ducks**
      Robots that follow the “three laws of robotics” could never take over the earth — unless it was to save us from ourselves.

      These are the Three Laws of Robotics from science fiction writer
      Isaac Asimov:

      1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
      2. A robot must obey orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
      3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.

    • Photo: Rob Appleyard

      Rob Appleyard answered on 18 Nov 2014:

      Well, mine are planning something secret when I’m not looking…

    • Photo: Stefan Lines

      Stefan Lines answered on 18 Nov 2014:

      Possibly – if we design them with the function to learn for themselves.

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