wemblingfool:

squiggelsquirrel:

Asimov invented the three laws of robotics and spent most of his robot books pulling them apart and exploring why they wouldn’t work but why they couldn’t really be improved, either.

Most robot revolution stories assume the danger is when robots stop obeying us and start thinking for themselves.

Asimov’s stories suggest that the real danger is robots doing exactly what we tell them to.

I think that’s both more realistic and actually scarier.

The Laws of Robotics were designed to be flawed, because it reveals flaws in our humanity, as well as it makes it an ethical goldmine to explore fictionally.

But there are way too many idiot professional writers who don’t seem to understand this, and deem them the gold standard rules for robots.