Do Robots Need Behavioral 'Laws' For Interacting With Other Robots?

siddesu writes: Asimov's three laws of robotics don't say anything about how robots should treat each other. The common fear is robots will turn against humans. But what happens if we don't build systems to keep them from conflicting with each other? The article argues, "Scientists, philosophers, funders and policy-makers should go a stage further and consider robot–robot and AI–AI interactions (AIonAI). Together, they should develop a proposal for an international charter for AIs, equivalent to that of the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This could help to steer research and development into morally considerate robotic and AI engineering. National and international technological policies should introduce AIonAI concepts into current programs aimed at developing safe AIs."

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Good thing God didn't think this way.

[Anonymous Coward]

Natural selection just wouldn't be the same without some EntityOnEntity competition.

LET THE MARKET DECIDE!

[alexjplant]

I'm sick of all of this Leftist hogwash about needing laws for things to work safely and well. As a staunch Libertarian I view any and all regulation as a poor attempt by the government (or, in this case, the intellectual elite) to subjugate the masses. Robot or meatsack, we've all been endowed with rights. Nobody has any right to mandate how my domestic servantbot will interact with my coffeebot! First came API standards, now this. When will the madness end, Obama?

Re:Stop with this Three Laws bullshit

[Jason Levine]

It was a device to drive a story, nothing more. They aren't real laws, and there's no possible way you could effectively incorporate them into advanced A.I. Just stop it. Stop mentioning them. Stop it.

Not only that, but the stories were specifically about why the Three Laws didn't work.

If you want to write a science fiction story where the robots follow the Three Laws, go right ahead. If you want to propose that actual robots must follow these laws, we'll just be sitting here laughing at you.

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[bigdavex]

I think the real question is how often do we have scenes with two robots in them, talking about something other than humans.

No, not really.

Re:Not even a Roboticist

[davester666]

Yes. The only thing we really need to do is hardcode is that only boy-robot/girl-robot joining is allowed, and they aren't allowed to use anything to prevent the transfer of oil. Every drop is sacred.