Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics
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CORE DEFINITION
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 to 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 Law.
SCAFFOLDING EFFECT
Reduce cognitive load
Prototype for ethical programming. Although it is a science fiction setting, it is the cornerstone of all AI safety and autonomous driving ethics discussions. It provides a hierarchical rule framework for thinking about how to hard-code moral constraints into autonomous systems.
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Asimov proposed the Three Laws of Robotics: do not harm humans, obey humans (unless conflicting with the First Law), and protect oneself (unless conflicting with the first two), providing a foundational framework for machine ethics.
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