Thursday, May 17, 2007

Robotic Wars of the Future - What about Isaac Asimov's Three Laws for Robotics

The future of human wars is changing and it is obvious to see that unmanned vehicles will continue to invade the battle field and eventually our wars will be fought by robots and not humans. We have all heard the saying; All is Fair in Love and War. Indeed it is amazing how many people believe just that and in the heat of battle ones strict adherence to rules will be challenged more often than not. What about Isaac Asimov's famous Robot Rules? (source: WikiPedia).

The Three Laws of Robotics:

  • A Robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm
  • A Robot must obey orders given to it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
  • A Robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law
  • *Later a Fourth Law was added (The Zeroth Law):

    A Robot may not harm humanity, or, by inaction, allow humanity to come to harm.

    Apparently current military philosophers and thinkers are not the only ones contemplating the future reality and the use of robots in warfare. It appears that Isaac Asimov's rules for robots is totally out the window or perhaps we might say that the future force robots will soon be coming thru an international terrorist window near you?

    Have you given much consideration that a potential enemy of the United States might build a bunch of robots to come to America to kill you and your family? Are you ready for the future? Is resistance really futile? I mean we can simply build our own more superior robots to protect us and/or kill our enemies first? What say you?

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