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An iconic story and idea that sticks with me over the years is Isaac Asimov's classic tale that introduces the 3 Laws of Robotics, "Runaround"
I'm about to spoil the dilemma (not the solution), but it doesn't ruin the value of the story
Robots must obey orders, and secondary to that, robots must protect themselves. This particular robot is ordered to retrieve selenium to fix a human life support system for a facility on Mercury. Unknown to the humans, the s…

"AI" is not yet really an AI, just a fancy auto-complete but yet all protection like asimov-type laws are completely ignored.
If one day AI become an AI for real, were fucked.

Asimov wrote his laws of robotics as a dramic device to show how difficult it is to write laws of robotics. How they always will contradict each other.
His laws are there to illustrate a problem, not as a genuine attempt at the solution. His laws are deliberately wrong.
#ai #anthropic

Os americanos celebram a 2 de janeiro o dia nacional da ficção científica, comemorando o nascimento do Asimov. Sendo o Asimov quem é, a coisa até se podia tornar facilmente internacional.
Cš em Portugal não temos ninguém suficientemente destacado no imaginšrio popular para servir como inspiração para um dia semelhante. O que mais se aproxima disso é o Barreiros, mas esse não só estš vivo (estas homenagens costumam ser póstumas) como estš também MUITO longe de ter o destaque do Asimov.<…

I wonder if Larry Niven's writing aged well
I bet Arthur C Clarke didn't
Heinlein and Asimov sure didn't (their sexism was always cringy)

Solo existe una guerra que se le puede permitir al ser humano: la guerra contra su extinción. (Isaac Asimov)