• then_three_more@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    It would technically be the fifth law.

    Zeroth Law - A robot may not injure humanity or, through inaction, allow humanity to come to harm.

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          6 months ago

          It’s even better because

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          A robot created the zeroth law to allow the killing of people to save humanity

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              Was there a movie? Mind you it’s been like 15 years since I read robots and empire but

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              Allowing the earth to be radiation poisoned would kill people but force the humans off earth

              Like I’d love some good robots movies. Robots of Dawn would likely struggle with reception, and honestly so would Under the Naked Sun but Caves of Steel? Less so.

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        Actually no! Lower numbered laws have priority over higher numbers, meaning that if they come into conflict the higher number law can be broken. While the first law says they can’t allow humans to come to harm, the zeroth law basically says that if it’s for the good of the species, they absolutely can kill or otherwise hurt individual humans.

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    This just reminds me I’m mildly irritated that robots in fiction have glowing eyes so often. Light is supposed to go into eyes, not come out of them!

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      They addressed this on the Orville. The glowing dots were not eyes. The droid had sensors that did all the work. The “eyes” were an aesthetic addition.

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        “The last thing you need is more desert”

        Excuse me?!

        “As I cannot stutter, I must conclude that you heard me”

        Isaac is one of the best parts of that show lmao

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      I really like the design of Assaultron from Fallout 4, they didn’t have such issue because their eye is placed just above the glowy part, and the glowy part is the head laser that will one shot you.

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      Robots or any part of an automated production line with a camera typically has a light as well to either see in low light conditions or to ensure it always sees with a similar amount of light hitting the lense.

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        Also, a lot of the machine vision systems I’ve run up against use red light, but it is kind of complex. If they want to detect say blood, I think blue light would actually give better contrast for detection.

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      So long as the light isn’t coming from BEHIND the lense then you can think of it being like a camera flash

      Or just think of it as the power indication LED being made stylish

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    I think it’s supposed to represent errors in the robots code like “I’m evil cuz i’m bugged”

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      6 months ago

      “Come on, you can trust me. You’re thinking of the old red light Agimus. Blue light Agimus wants to help!”

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    If they’re evil it presumably means they’re disobeying the first three laws… they may disobey the fourth law too to help cover their other crimes