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New Robots and the Ten Ethical Laws Of Robotics
Roland Piquepaille writes "The robotics actuality is pretty rich these days. Besides the fighting robots of Robo-One and the flying microrobots from Epson (the best picture is at Ananova), here are some the latest intriguing news in robotics. In Japan, Yoshiyuki Sankai has built a robot suit, called Hybrid Assistive Limb-3 (or HAL-3), designed to help disabled or elderly people. In the U.S., Ohio State University is developing a robotic tomato harvester for the J.F. Kennedy Space Center while Northrop Grumman received $1 billion from the Pentagon to build a new robotic fighter. I kept the best for the end. A Californian counselor has just patented the ten ethical laws of robotics. A good read for a Sunday, if you can understand what he means. This summary only focuses on HAL-3 and one of the most incredible patents I've ever seen, so please read the above articles for more information about the other subjects."
Based on the movie, just ammend the Asimov laws with #4: "Don't try to save humanity from itself". Maybe bump it up to #2 or #1.
Table-ized A.I.
as a parapelgic for the last 25 years i think this will be very useful butt at $9000 to $18000 i dont think my insurance will pay for one can i get some one to donate me the money? yia
Americans are entitled to america-bash ... especially when the country's government acts in ways that appear *designed* to encourage the activity.
I think we've pushed this "anyone can grow up to be president" thing too far.
---- death to all fanatics