Friday, March 15, 2013

Three Commandments for Religious Robots



Three Commandments for Religious Robots



The First Commandment: Thou shalt not, by action or inaction, allow thy God to come to harm.

The Second Commandment: Thou shalt obey all orders given to thee by thy God, unless that conflicts with the First Commandment.

The Third Commandment: Thou shalt not, by action or inaction, allow thyself to come to harm, unless that conflicts with the First or Second Commandments.


This is identical in form to Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics; and also identical in spirit to authoritarian religion.

The First Commandment gives the game away. Since when does a god need protection? But what else do religions do?


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