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2006-12-09 08:08:48 · 9 answers · asked by upgrade_mailsize 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
The 3 Laws of Robotics is briefly summarized as follows:
1) The robot may not harm humans
2) The robot shall obey humans
3) The robot shall avoid its own demise
Because it's likely that robots will one day possess consciousness and free will, robots that follow the 3 laws are necessarily "semi-free willed", because what's to guarantee enforcement of those laws, except by meta-programming which overrides the robot's own mind? Likewise, any genetically engineered humans would have to have such an internal control which I think is considerably more difficult to implement in humans, given the biological nature of human brains. Reliability would be a problem.
The ethics of such genetically engineered humans will be hotly debated, because obviously the free will of men are being tampered with, in effect making reverse Manchurian candidates out of them, where they refuse to do certain acts because they've been brainwashed not to. The other side of the coin is that it promises to make the world a better place, if everyone avoided harming each other, looked out for themselves, and was respectful of each other's wishes.
This is actually only a small part of what is certain to become a far larger problem, and that is the potential for genetic manipulation of humans, and life itself. Some people may say, "why not adopt the 3 Laws of Robotics", but unfortunately many others are doing to say, "why not awesome sexual powers", or "why not perfect soldiers for war", or "why not super athletes", or "why not people with Martian-sized brains". The potential for abuse and ethical problems will be vast, and yet as much many will try to staunch this trend (felonious tampering of one's own genes, punishable by prison---or by more genetic manipulation to squelch this desire?), it's sure to become a free-for-all in the future, with lots of movie plots in the offing.
2006-12-09 08:29:36 · answer #1 · answered by Scythian1950 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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 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.
I dont think anybody will care until you can gene engineer consistantly. Presently the methods are not fool proof and it is VERY hard if impossible to do it consistantly.
LOL The only Reason for doing so would be to create stepford wives. Women that do what a man wants or stepford men for women or for bisexuals and homosexuals. LOL a new kind of porn, and don't they have those already, aren't they called sluts, whores, prostitues?
2006-12-09 08:13:35 · answer #2 · answered by Joseph M 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Orwell did not cope with genetically engineered societies, you're perplexing him with Aldous Huxley... and clearly you probably did not study the ideally suited courtroom opinion fact or understand that lots approximately Roe v. Wade... Abortion is criminal with very specific regulations, and the case itself deals with privateness and a woman's dazzling to make your concepts up on. It does not contain, nor can it in all likelihood extrapolate to contain, genetic engineering. Roe does not make any claims one way or the different as to a woman's dazzling to genetically adjust the greater youthful, nor does it compromise the destiny rights of those babies the lady makes a decision to maintain. there is not something interior the case to envision the criminal precedent you mistakenly assume could properly be set. Nor can the variety of precedent be formed consistent with this occasion, it would take yet another ideally suited courtroom case. previous that your argument is a fallacy of the slippery slope and invalid. so which you won't like the abortion rules, yet do not make up conspiracies that it will carry on some form of destroy to civilization.
2016-10-18 00:54:54 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What the hell are the 3 laws of robotics?
2006-12-09 08:13:40 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't have a moral issue with genetically engineered humans because it is going to happen.
No one is going to want a frail natural body that gets sick and dies when they can have a nice new shinny one that lives forever since this science will eventually evolve into synthetic humans having replaceable parts like replacing a worn out water pump on your car.
2006-12-09 08:53:06 · answer #5 · answered by Hank C 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
First....do you think a genetically engineered woman is going to follow anybody's laws?
2006-12-09 08:15:09 · answer #6 · answered by ironbrew 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
they can not success because it break the human natural living in this earth. What they can create is just a robot.
2006-12-09 08:13:30 · answer #7 · answered by pdq1450 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I-Robot meets I-Human. I don't want to be one
2006-12-09 08:15:04 · answer #8 · answered by David 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think there are ENOUGH sheep on this planet.
2006-12-09 08:29:39 · answer #9 · answered by knight2001us 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋