The robot would still be harming "a human", but would be doing that twice (albeit simultaneously). At least, I would hope a robot would view humans a discrete entities. The zeroth law is designed to prevent robots from harming an abstract group of humans, or even some beings representing humanity.
To me, the real loophole is defining what a human is. If humanity is only considered in the sense of "20th century homo sapiens with a specific gene sequence", then we get into more of a problem as time goes on. A single robot will keep on going, theoretically, whereas humanity will grow and change and adapt and evolve. Will WW3 be the Robot Eugenics War?
I think it's awesome she named her blog "NeverSeconds". I always remember being left hungry in middle/high school by the paltry lunches we got, to the point where I started bringing in my own every day. The worst was pizza day - you got the equivalent of one piece of pizza, a drink, and a "salad" (actually a couple pieces of lettuce and some shredded carrot). That was it. I guess it all worked out, because after the long lines, including many line-cutters, you only got about 10 minutes to eat anyhow.
My point is: school lunches suck! I fully support this girl in her efforts.
Slashdot: So, our readers asked... Hansen (interrupting): Hello, my name is Jeremy Hansen. Why don't you take a seat? Slashdot: Um, okay....Anyway, onto the first... Hansen: Would you care for a cookie? A drink of water? Slashdot: No thank you...Let me read this... Hansen: I have your chat logs right here. I'd like to read an excerpt....
Probably the same reason that TI still charges the same rate for graphing calculators today, that have the exact same technology as 15 years ago. Because they can.
Geez, it's like something out of Doctor Who..........Oh wait. Cool!!! How long before we have actual Cybermen fighting our wars, stomping around yelling "DELETE, DELETE!"?
My Grandma suggests the opposite. She has drank coffee just about every day of her adult life. She is in her eighties and has Alzheimer's. So the headline is not necessarily true.
Is Slashdot going to register.slash? That would be confusing...."Slash-Dot-Dot-Slash". But repeat it three times, and we'd get a lot more users signing up.
Or even worse: slashdot.dotslashdotdot.dotdotdot.dotslashdotdot.slashslashdot That URL would just be a cry for help.
Slashdot Mirror
Do NOT mod this comment up!!!
A group of leaders who are corrupt and stick-to-the-rules, versus House? I think I've seen this somewhere before....
Well, I could sure use a few more checks...
On a side note, that's a very relevant sig you have there.
And they run so very far away, I have heard....
If I had not already contributed to this discussion, I would mod you up.
The robot would still be harming "a human", but would be doing that twice (albeit simultaneously). At least, I would hope a robot would view humans a discrete entities. The zeroth law is designed to prevent robots from harming an abstract group of humans, or even some beings representing humanity.
To me, the real loophole is defining what a human is. If humanity is only considered in the sense of "20th century homo sapiens with a specific gene sequence", then we get into more of a problem as time goes on. A single robot will keep on going, theoretically, whereas humanity will grow and change and adapt and evolve. Will WW3 be the Robot Eugenics War?
In before the MyCleanPC garbage. It's starting to get really bad, seriously.
I love all my Amigas
I'd imagine your Amigos are jealous.
I think it's awesome she named her blog "NeverSeconds". I always remember being left hungry in middle/high school by the paltry lunches we got, to the point where I started bringing in my own every day. The worst was pizza day - you got the equivalent of one piece of pizza, a drink, and a "salad" (actually a couple pieces of lettuce and some shredded carrot). That was it. I guess it all worked out, because after the long lines, including many line-cutters, you only got about 10 minutes to eat anyhow.
My point is: school lunches suck! I fully support this girl in her efforts.
Or eaten off by another human. ...Oh, what? Too soon?
Slashdot: So, our readers asked...
Hansen (interrupting): Hello, my name is Jeremy Hansen. Why don't you take a seat?
Slashdot: Um, okay....Anyway, onto the first...
Hansen: Would you care for a cookie? A drink of water?
Slashdot: No thank you...Let me read this...
Hansen: I have your chat logs right here. I'd like to read an excerpt....
What are you talking about? This is the year of the Linux Smartphone!
Probably the same reason that TI still charges the same rate for graphing calculators today, that have the exact same technology as 15 years ago.
Because they can.
...they need to stock up on copious amounts of gold to stave off the cyberarmy, or else be "deleted".
It looks like they got a little gTLD-happy. I counted 102 applications alone, including GOOGLE, CLOUD, HOME, MOVIE, MUSIC, DEV, PROD, and YOUTUBE.
Geez, it's like something out of Doctor Who.... ... ...Oh wait. Cool!!! How long before we have actual Cybermen fighting our wars, stomping around yelling "DELETE, DELETE!"?
My Grandma suggests the opposite. She has drank coffee just about every day of her adult life. She is in her eighties and has Alzheimer's. So the headline is not necessarily true.
The last time I checked, Opera was free...
Yea, but since when is that news?
Yea, but I'd actually be worried if IE10 was actually used by anyone. Not much chance of that.
...as opposed to considering projections that take Global Warming into account...
Otherwise known as the Lex Luthor effect.
...why don't you take a seat?
(Sorry, I couldn't resist!)
Is Slashdot going to register .slash? That would be confusing...."Slash-Dot-Dot-Slash". But repeat it three times, and we'd get a lot more users signing up.
Or even worse: slashdot.dotslashdotdot.dotdotdot.dotslashdotdot.slashslashdot That URL would just be a cry for help.
...I don't know how to live, but I've got a lot of toys!