In 1942 writer and biochemist, Isaac Asimov, proposed the Three Laws of Robotics, which became the foundation of his famous book of short stories on Artificial Intelligence, I, Robot. The three laws of Robotics first appeared in Asimov's short story the "Runaround" in 1942. These three laws are extremely influential within science fiction and are often mentioned in many different forms of media.
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 Laws.
These laws , as shown above, were meant to protect humans from robots, protect robots from themselves, and also prevent humans from using robots as means of violence towards other humans. Asimov believed that in an ideal world humans would also follow these same laws when dealing with robots.
Across science fiction there have been 2 major loopholes found in regards to the three laws.
1)Unknowing breach of the laws
- One major weakness of each of the laws is the idea that the Robot may have broken the law without knowing it.
2)Ambiguities resulting from lack of definition
- One ambiguity is the definition of a human being, what actually constitutes something as being human?
-Another ambiguity is the definition of a robot. What exactly constitutes a robot and how does a robot know that it is a robot?
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