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class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1.3</span> <span>Removal of the Three Laws</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Removal_of_the_Three_Laws-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-By_other_authors" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#By_other_authors"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>By other authors</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-By_other_authors-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Roger_MacBride_Allen's_trilogy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Roger_MacBride_Allen's_trilogy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2.1</span> <span>Roger MacBride Allen's trilogy</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Roger_MacBride_Allen's_trilogy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Jack_Williamson's_"With_Folded_Hands"" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Jack_Williamson's_"With_Folded_Hands""> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2.2</span> <span>Jack Williamson's "With Folded Hands"</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Jack_Williamson's_"With_Folded_Hands"-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Foundation_sequel_trilogy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Foundation_sequel_trilogy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2.3</span> <span><i>Foundation</i> sequel trilogy</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Foundation_sequel_trilogy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Robot_Mystery_series" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Robot_Mystery_series"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2.4</span> <span>Robot Mystery series</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Robot_Mystery_series-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Randall_Munroe" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Randall_Munroe"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2.5</span> <span>Randall Munroe</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Randall_Munroe-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Additional_laws" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Additional_laws"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2.6</span> <span>Additional laws</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Additional_laws-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Ambiguities_and_loopholes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Ambiguities_and_loopholes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Ambiguities and loopholes</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Ambiguities_and_loopholes-sublist" 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class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3</span> <span>Resolving conflicts among the laws</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Resolving_conflicts_among_the_laws-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Applications_to_future_technology" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Applications_to_future_technology"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Applications to future technology</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Applications_to_future_technology-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Other_occurrences_in_media" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Other_occurrences_in_media"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Other occurrences in media</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Other_occurrences_in_media-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet 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href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bibliography" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bibliography"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>Bibliography</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bibliography-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>External 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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tri_zakona_robotike" title="Tri zakona robotike – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Tri zakona robotike" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lleis_de_la_rob%C3%B2tica" title="Lleis de la robòtica – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Lleis de la robòtica" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z%C3%A1kony_robotiky" title="Zákony robotiky – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Zákony robotiky" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tair_Deddf_Roboteg" title="Tair Deddf Roboteg – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Tair Deddf Roboteg" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_tre_love_(AI)" title="De tre love (AI) – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="De tre love (AI)" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robotergesetze" title="Robotergesetze – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Robotergesetze" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robootika_kolm_p%C3%B5hiseadust" title="Robootika kolm põhiseadust – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Robootika kolm põhiseadust" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A4%CF%81%CE%B5%CE%B9%CF%82_%CE%BD%CF%8C%CE%BC%CE%BF%CE%B9_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CF%81%CE%BF%CE%BC%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE%CF%82" title="Τρεις νόμοι της ρομποτικής – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Τρεις νόμοι της ρομποτικής" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tres_leyes_de_la_rob%C3%B3tica" title="Tres leyes de la robótica – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Tres leyes de la robótica" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tri_le%C4%9Doj_de_robotiko" title="Tri leĝoj de robotiko – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Tri leĝoj de robotiko" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robotikaren_Hiru_Legeak" title="Robotikaren Hiru Legeak – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Robotikaren Hiru Legeak" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%82%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%87%E2%80%8C%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%87_%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%DB%8C%DA%A9" title="قوانین سه‌گانه رباتیک – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="قوانین سه‌گانه رباتیک" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trois_lois_de_la_robotique" title="Trois lois de la robotique – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Trois lois de la robotique" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tres_leis_da_rob%C3%B3tica" title="Tres leis da robótica – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Tres leis da robótica" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A1%9C%EB%B4%87%EA%B3%B5%ED%95%99%EC%9D%98_%EC%82%BC%EC%9B%90%EC%B9%99" title="로봇공학의 삼원칙 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="로봇공학의 삼원칙" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8C%D5%B8%D5%A2%D5%B8%D5%BF%D5%A1%D5%B7%D5%AB%D5%B6%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A9%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%A5%D6%84_%D5%B0%D5%AB%D5%B4%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D6%85%D6%80%D5%A5%D5%B6%D6%84%D5%B6%D5%A5%D6%80" title="Ռոբոտաշինության երեք հիմնական օրենքներ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Ռոբոտաշինության երեք հիմնական օրենքներ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tri_zakona_robotike" title="Tri zakona robotike – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Tri zakona robotike" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_tri_robotala-legi" title="La tri robotala-legi – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="La tri robotala-legi" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiga_Hukum_Robotika" title="Tiga Hukum Robotika – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Tiga Hukum Robotika" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leges_del_robotica_de_Asimov" title="Leges del robotica de Asimov – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Leges del robotica de Asimov" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tre_leggi_della_robotica" title="Tre leggi della robotica – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Tre leggi della robotica" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A9%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%A9%D7%AA_%D7%97%D7%95%D7%A7%D7%99_%D7%94%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%91%D7%95%D7%98%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%94" title="שלושת חוקי הרובוטיקה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="שלושת חוקי הרובוטיקה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%B0%E0%B3%8B%E0%B2%AC%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%9F%E0%B3%8D_%E0%B2%B6%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%B8%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%A4%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%A6_%E0%B2%AE%E0%B3%82%E0%B2%B0%E0%B3%81_%E0%B2%A8%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%AF%E0%B2%AE%E0%B2%97%E0%B2%B3%E0%B3%81" title="ರೋಬಾಟ್ ಶಾಸ್ತ್ರದ ಮೂರು ನಿಯಮಗಳು – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ರೋಬಾಟ್ ಶಾಸ್ತ್ರದ ಮೂರು ನಿಯಮಗಳು" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9D%E1%83%91%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98%E1%83%99%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%98_%E1%83%99%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98" title="რობოტიკის სამი კანონი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="რობოტიკის სამი კანონი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leges_morales_robotorum" title="Leges morales robotorum – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Leges morales robotorum" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tr%C4%ABs_robotikas_likumi" title="Trīs robotikas likumi – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Trīs robotikas likumi" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legg_de_la_robotica" title="Legg de la robotica – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Legg de la robotica" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_robotika_h%C3%A1rom_t%C3%B6rv%C3%A9nye" title="A robotika három törvénye – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="A robotika három törvénye" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiga_Hukum_Robotik" title="Tiga Hukum Robotik – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Tiga Hukum Robotik" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%85%E1%80%80%E1%80%BA%E1%80%9B%E1%80%AF%E1%80%95%E1%80%BA_%E1%80%A5%E1%80%95%E1%80%92%E1%80%B1_%E1%80%9E%E1%80%AF%E1%80%B6%E1%80%B8%E1%80%9B%E1%80%95%E1%80%BA" title="စက်ရုပ် ဥပဒေ သုံးရပ် – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="စက်ရုပ် ဥပဒေ သုံးရပ်" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drie_wetten_van_de_robotica" title="Drie wetten van de robotica – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Drie wetten van de robotica" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%9C%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E5%B7%A5%E5%AD%A6%E4%B8%89%E5%8E%9F%E5%89%87" title="ロボット工学三原則 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ロボット工学三原則" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etyka_robot%C3%B3w" title="Etyka robotów – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Etyka robotów" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leis_da_Rob%C3%B3tica" title="Leis da Robótica – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Leis da Robótica" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cele_trei_legi_ale_roboticii" title="Cele trei legi ale roboticii – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Cele trei legi ale roboticii" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%80%D0%B8_%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%85%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8" title="Три закона роботехники – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Три закона роботехники" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Laws_of_Robotics" title="Three Laws of Robotics – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Three Laws of Robotics" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z%C3%A1kony_robotiky" title="Zákony robotiky – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Zákony robotiky" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trije_zakoni_robotike" title="Trije zakoni robotike – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Trije zakoni robotike" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tri_zakona_robotike" title="Tri zakona robotike – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Tri zakona robotike" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robotiikan_kolme_p%C3%A4%C3%A4s%C3%A4%C3%A4nt%C3%B6%C3%A4" title="Robotiikan kolme pääsääntöä – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Robotiikan kolme pääsääntöä" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li 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робототехніки – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Три закони робототехніки" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ug mw-list-item"><a href="https://ug.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%86%D9%89%DA%AD_%D8%A6%DB%88%DA%86_%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%87%D9%86%D9%89" title="روبوتلارنىڭ ئۈچ قانۇنى – Uyghur" lang="ug" hreflang="ug" data-title="روبوتلارنىڭ ئۈچ قانۇنى" data-language-autonym="ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche" data-language-local-name="Uyghur" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-yue mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A9%9F%E6%A2%B0%E4%BA%BA%E4%B8%89%E5%AE%9A%E5%BE%8B" title="機械人三定律 – Cantonese" lang="yue" hreflang="yue" data-title="機械人三定律" data-language-autonym="粵語" data-language-local-name="Cantonese" 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The rules were introduced in his 1942 short story "<a href="/wiki/Runaround_(story)" title="Runaround (story)">Runaround</a>" (included in the 1950 collection <i><a href="/wiki/I,_Robot" title="I, Robot">I, Robot</a></i>), although similar restrictions had been implied in earlier stories. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_Laws">The Laws</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Three_Laws_of_Robotics&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: The Laws"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Three Laws, presented to be from the fictional "Handbook of Robotics, 56th Edition, 2058 A.D.", are:<sup id="cite_ref-IROBOT_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IROBOT-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ol><li>A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.</li> <li>A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.</li> <li>A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Use_in_fiction">Use in fiction</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Three_Laws_of_Robotics&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Use in fiction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Three Laws form an organizing principle and unifying theme for Asimov's <a href="/wiki/Robot" title="Robot">robot</a>-based fiction, appearing in his <a href="/wiki/Robot_series_(Asimov)" class="mw-redirect" title="Robot series (Asimov)"><i>Robot</i> series</a>, the stories linked to it, and in his (initially <a href="/wiki/Pseudonym" title="Pseudonym">pseudonymous</a>) <a href="/wiki/Lucky_Starr_series" title="Lucky Starr series">Lucky Starr series</a> of <a href="/wiki/Young_adult_literature" title="Young adult literature">young-adult fiction</a>. The Laws are incorporated into almost all of the <a href="/wiki/Positronic_brain" title="Positronic brain">positronic robots</a> appearing in his fiction, and cannot be bypassed, being intended as a safety feature. Many of Asimov's robot-focused stories involve robots behaving in unusual and counter-intuitive ways as an unintended consequence of how the robot applies the Three Laws to the situation in which it finds itself. Other authors working in Asimov's fictional universe have adopted them and references, often <a href="/wiki/Parody" title="Parody">parodic</a>, appear throughout science fiction as well as in other genres. </p><p>The original laws have been altered and elaborated on by Asimov and other authors. Asimov himself made slight modifications to the first three in subsequent works to further develop how robots would interact with humans and each other. In later fiction where robots had taken responsibility for government of whole planets and human civilizations, Asimov also added a fourth, or zeroth law, to precede the others. </p><p>The Three Laws, and the Zeroth, have pervaded science fiction and are referred to in many books, films, and other media. They have also influenced thought on the <a href="/wiki/Ethics_of_artificial_intelligence" title="Ethics of artificial intelligence">ethics of artificial intelligence</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Three_Laws_of_Robotics&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In <i>The Rest of the Robots</i>, published in 1964, Isaac Asimov noted that when he began writing in 1940 he felt that "one of the stock plots of science fiction was ... robots were created and destroyed their creator. Knowledge has its dangers, yes, but is the response to be a retreat from knowledge? Or is knowledge to be used as itself a barrier to the dangers it brings?" He decided that in his stories a robot would not "turn stupidly on his creator for no purpose but to demonstrate, for one more weary time, the crime and punishment of <a href="/wiki/Faust" title="Faust">Faust</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On May 3, 1939, Asimov attended a meeting of the <a href="/wiki/Queens" title="Queens">Queens</a> (<a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a>) Science Fiction Society where he met <a href="/wiki/Eando_Binder" title="Eando Binder">Earl and Otto Binder</a> who had recently published a short story <a href="/wiki/I,_Robot_(short_story)" title="I, Robot (short story)">"I, Robot"</a> featuring a sympathetic robot named <a href="/wiki/Adam_Link" title="Adam Link">Adam Link</a> who was misunderstood and motivated by love and honor. (This was the first of a series of ten stories; the next year "Adam Link's Vengeance" (1940) featured Adam thinking "A robot must never kill a human, of his own free will.")<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Asimov admired the story. Three days later Asimov began writing "my own story of a sympathetic and noble robot", his 14th story.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thirteen days later he took "<a href="/wiki/Robbie_(short_story)" title="Robbie (short story)">Robbie</a>" to <a href="/wiki/John_W._Campbell" title="John W. Campbell">John W. Campbell</a> the editor of <i><a href="/wiki/Analog_Science_Fiction_and_Fact" title="Analog Science Fiction and Fact">Astounding Science-Fiction</a></i>. Campbell rejected it, claiming that it bore too strong a resemblance to <a href="/wiki/Lester_del_Rey" title="Lester del Rey">Lester del Rey</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Helen_O%27Loy" title="Helen O'Loy">Helen O'Loy</a>", published in December 1938—the story of a robot that is so much like a person that she falls in love with her creator and becomes his ideal wife.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Frederik_Pohl" title="Frederik Pohl">Frederik Pohl</a> published the story under the title “Strange Playfellow” in <i><a href="/wiki/Super_Science_Stories" title="Super Science Stories">Super Science Stories</a></i> September 1940.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Asimov attributes the Three Laws to John W. Campbell, from a conversation that took place on 23 December 1940. Campbell claimed that Asimov had the Three Laws already in his mind and that they simply needed to be stated explicitly. Several years later Asimov's friend <a href="/wiki/Randall_Garrett" title="Randall Garrett">Randall Garrett</a> attributed the Laws to a <a href="/wiki/Symbiosis" title="Symbiosis">symbiotic</a> partnership between the two men—a suggestion that Asimov adopted enthusiastically.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to his autobiographical writings, Asimov included the First Law's "inaction" clause because of <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Hugh_Clough" title="Arthur Hugh Clough">Arthur Hugh Clough</a>'s poem "<a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Latest_Decalogue&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Latest Decalogue (page does not exist)">The Latest Decalogue</a>" (<a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Latest_Decalogue" class="extiw" title="s:The Latest Decalogue">text in Wikisource</a>), which includes the satirical lines "Thou shalt not kill, but needst not strive / officiously to keep alive".<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although Asimov pins the creation of the Three Laws on one particular date, their appearance in his literature happened over a period. He wrote two robot stories with no explicit mention of the Laws, "<a href="/wiki/Robbie_(short_story)" title="Robbie (short story)">Robbie</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/Reason_(Asimov)" class="mw-redirect" title="Reason (Asimov)">Reason</a>". He assumed, however, that robots would have certain inherent safeguards. "<a href="/wiki/Liar!_(short_story)" title="Liar! (short story)">Liar!</a>", his third robot story, makes the first mention of the First Law but not the other two. All three laws finally appeared together in "<a href="/wiki/Runaround_(story)" title="Runaround (story)">Runaround</a>". When these stories and several others were compiled in the anthology <i><a href="/wiki/I,_Robot" title="I, Robot">I, Robot</a></i>, "Reason" and "Robbie" were updated to acknowledge all the Three Laws, though the material Asimov added to "Reason" is not entirely consistent with the Three Laws as he described them elsewhere.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In particular the idea of a robot protecting human lives when it does not believe those humans truly exist is at odds with Elijah Baley's reasoning, as described <a href="#Ambiguities_and_loopholes">below</a>. </p><p>During the 1950s Asimov wrote a series of science fiction novels expressly intended for young-adult audiences. Originally his publisher expected that the novels could be adapted into a long-running television series, something like <i><a href="/wiki/The_Lone_Ranger" class="mw-redirect" title="The Lone Ranger">The Lone Ranger</a></i> had been for radio. Fearing that his stories would be adapted into the "uniformly awful" programming he saw flooding the television channels<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Asimov decided to publish the <a href="/wiki/Lucky_Starr_series" title="Lucky Starr series"><i>Lucky Starr</i></a> books under the <a href="/wiki/Pseudonym" title="Pseudonym">pseudonym</a> "Paul French". When plans for the television series fell through, Asimov decided to abandon the pretence; he brought the Three Laws into <i>Lucky Starr and the Moons of Jupiter</i>, noting that this "was a dead giveaway to Paul French's identity for even the most casual reader".<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In his short story <a href="/wiki/Evidence_(Asimov)" class="mw-redirect" title="Evidence (Asimov)">"Evidence"</a> Asimov lets his recurring character <a href="/wiki/Susan_Calvin" title="Susan Calvin">Dr. Susan Calvin</a> expound a <a href="/wiki/Morality" title="Morality">moral</a> basis behind the Three Laws. Calvin points out that human beings are typically expected to refrain from harming other human beings (except in times of extreme duress like war, or to save a greater number) and this is equivalent to a robot's First Law. Likewise, according to Calvin, society expects individuals to obey instructions from recognized authorities such as doctors, teachers and so forth which equals the Second Law of Robotics. Finally humans are typically expected to avoid harming themselves which is the Third Law for a robot. </p><p>The plot of "Evidence" revolves around the question of telling a human being apart from a robot constructed to appear human. Calvin reasons that if such an individual obeys the Three Laws he may be a robot or simply "a very good man". Another character then asks Calvin if robots are very different from human beings after all. She replies, "Worlds different. Robots are essentially decent." </p><p>Asimov later wrote that he should not be praised for creating the Laws, because they are "obvious from the start, and everyone is aware of them subliminally. The Laws just never happened to be put into brief sentences until I managed to do the job. The Laws apply, as a matter of course, to every tool that human beings use",<sup id="cite_ref-asimov198111_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-asimov198111-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and "analogues of the Laws are implicit in the design of almost all tools, robotic or not":<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ol><li>Law 1: A tool must not be unsafe to use. <a href="/wiki/Hammer" title="Hammer">Hammers</a> have handles and <a href="/wiki/Screwdriver" title="Screwdriver">screwdrivers</a> have hilts to help increase grip. It is of course possible for a person to injure himself with one of these tools, but that injury would only be due to his incompetence, not the design of the tool.</li> <li>Law 2: A tool must perform its function efficiently unless this would harm the user. This is the entire reason <a href="/wiki/Ground-fault_circuit_interrupter" class="mw-redirect" title="Ground-fault circuit interrupter">ground-fault circuit interrupters</a> exist. Any running tool will have its power cut if a circuit senses that some current is not returning to the neutral wire, and hence might be flowing through the user. The safety of the user is paramount.</li> <li>Law 3: A tool must remain intact during its use unless its destruction is required for its use or for safety. For example, <a href="/wiki/Dremel" title="Dremel">Dremel</a> disks are designed to be as tough as possible without breaking unless the job requires it to be spent. Furthermore, they are designed to break at a point before the shrapnel velocity could seriously injure someone (other than the eyes, though safety glasses should be worn at all times anyway).</li></ol> <p>Asimov believed that, ideally, humans would also follow the Laws:<sup id="cite_ref-asimov198111_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-asimov198111-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>I have my answer ready whenever someone asks me if I think that my Three Laws of Robotics will actually be used to govern the behavior of robots, once they become versatile and flexible enough to be able to choose among different courses of behavior. </p><p>My answer is, "Yes, the Three Laws are the only way in which rational human beings can deal with robots—or with anything else." </p><p> —But when I say that, I always remember (sadly) that human beings are not always rational.</p></blockquote> <p>Asimov stated in a 1986 interview on the Manhattan public access show <i>Conversations with Harold Hudson Channer with Harold Channer</i> with guest co-host <a href="/wiki/Marilyn_vos_Savant" title="Marilyn vos Savant">Marilyn vos Savant</a>, "It's a little humbling to think that, what is most likely to survive of everything I've said... After all, I've published now... I've published now at least 20 million words.  I'll have to figure it out, maybe even more.  But of all those millions of words that I've published, I am convinced that 100 years from now only 60 of them will survive.  The 60 that make up the Three Laws of Robotics."<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Alterations">Alterations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Three_Laws_of_Robotics&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Alterations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="By_Asimov">By Asimov</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Three_Laws_of_Robotics&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: By Asimov"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Asimov's stories test his Three Laws in a wide variety of circumstances leading to proposals and rejection of modifications. Science fiction scholar <a href="/wiki/James_Gunn_(author)" class="mw-redirect" title="James Gunn (author)">James Gunn</a> writes in 1982, "The Asimov robot stories as a whole may respond best to an analysis on this basis: the ambiguity in the Three Laws and the ways in which Asimov played twenty-nine variations upon a theme".<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While the original set of Laws provided inspirations for many stories, Asimov introduced modified versions from time to time. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="First_Law_modified">First Law modified</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Three_Laws_of_Robotics&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: First Law modified"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In "<a href="/wiki/Little_Lost_Robot" title="Little Lost Robot">Little Lost Robot</a>" several NS-2, or "Nestor", robots are created with only part of the First Law.<sup id="cite_ref-IROBOT_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IROBOT-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It reads: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>1. A robot may not harm a human being.</p></blockquote> <p>This modification is motivated by a practical difficulty as robots have to work alongside human beings who are exposed to low doses of radiation. Because their <a href="/wiki/Positronic_brain" title="Positronic brain">positronic brains</a> are highly sensitive to <a href="/wiki/Gamma_ray" title="Gamma ray">gamma rays</a> the robots are rendered inoperable by doses reasonably safe for humans. The robots are being destroyed attempting to rescue the humans who are in no actual danger but "might forget to leave" the irradiated area within the exposure time limit. Removing the First Law's "inaction" clause solves this problem but creates the possibility of an even greater one: a robot could initiate an action that would harm a human (dropping a heavy weight and failing to catch it is the example given in the text), knowing that it was capable of preventing the harm and then decide not to do so.<sup id="cite_ref-IROBOT_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IROBOT-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Gaia_(Foundation_universe)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gaia (Foundation universe)">Gaia</a> is a planet with <a href="/wiki/Collective_intelligence" title="Collective intelligence">collective intelligence</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Foundation_(book_series)" title="Foundation (book series)"><i>Foundation</i> series</a> which adopts a law similar to the First Law, and the Zeroth Law, as its philosophy: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Gaia may not harm life or allow life to come to harm.</p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Zeroth_Law_added">Zeroth Law added</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Three_Laws_of_Robotics&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Zeroth Law added"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Asimov once added a "<a href="/wiki/Zero-based_numbering" title="Zero-based numbering">Zeroth</a> Law"—so named to continue the pattern where lower-numbered laws supersede the higher-numbered laws—stating that a robot must not harm humanity. The robotic character <a href="/wiki/R._Daneel_Olivaw" title="R. Daneel Olivaw">R. Daneel Olivaw</a> was the first to give the Zeroth Law a name in the novel <i><a href="/wiki/Robots_and_Empire" title="Robots and Empire">Robots and Empire</a></i>;<sup id="cite_ref-BBCAsimov_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBCAsimov-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> however, the character Susan Calvin articulates the concept in the short story "<a href="/wiki/The_Evitable_Conflict" title="The Evitable Conflict">The Evitable Conflict</a>". </p><p>In the final scenes of the novel <i>Robots and Empire</i>, <a href="/wiki/R._Giskard_Reventlov" class="mw-redirect" title="R. Giskard Reventlov">R. Giskard Reventlov</a> is the first robot to act according to the Zeroth Law. Giskard is <a href="/wiki/Telepathic" class="mw-redirect" title="Telepathic">telepathic</a>, like the robot Herbie in the short story "<a href="/wiki/Liar!_(short_story)" title="Liar! (short story)">Liar!</a>", and tries to apply the Zeroth Law through his understanding of a more subtle concept of "harm" than most robots can grasp.<sup id="cite_ref-SC1_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SC1-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, unlike Herbie, Giskard grasps the philosophical concept of the Zeroth Law allowing him to harm individual human beings if he can do so in service to the abstract concept of humanity. The Zeroth Law is never programmed into Giskard's brain but instead is a rule he attempts to comprehend through pure <a href="/wiki/Metacognition" title="Metacognition">metacognition</a>. Although he fails – it ultimately destroys his positronic brain as he is not certain whether his choice will turn out to be for the ultimate good of humanity or not – he gives his successor R. Daneel Olivaw his telepathic abilities. Over the course of many thousands of years Daneel adapts himself to be able to fully obey the Zeroth Law.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Daneel originally formulated the Zeroth Law in both the novel <i><a href="/wiki/Foundation_and_Earth" title="Foundation and Earth">Foundation and Earth</a></i> (1986) and the subsequent novel <i><a href="/wiki/Prelude_to_Foundation" title="Prelude to Foundation">Prelude to Foundation</a></i> (1988): </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>A robot may not injure humanity or, through inaction, allow humanity to come to harm.</p></blockquote> <p>A condition stating that the Zeroth Law must not be broken was added to the original Three Laws, although Asimov recognized the difficulty such a law would pose in practice. Asimov's novel <i><a href="/wiki/Foundation_and_Earth" title="Foundation and Earth">Foundation and Earth</a></i> contains the following passage: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"> <p>Trevize frowned. "How do you decide what is injurious, or not injurious, to humanity as a whole?" </p><p> "Precisely, sir," said Daneel. "In theory, the Zeroth Law was the answer to our problems. In practice, we could never decide. A human being is a concrete object. Injury to a person can be estimated and judged. Humanity is an abstraction."</p></blockquote> <p>A translator incorporated the concept of the Zeroth Law into one of Asimov's novels before Asimov himself made the law explicit.<sup id="cite_ref-Brécard_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brécard-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Near the climax of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Caves_of_Steel" title="The Caves of Steel">The Caves of Steel</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Elijah_Baley" title="Elijah Baley">Elijah Baley</a> makes a bitter comment to himself thinking that the First Law forbids a robot from harming a human being. He determines that it must be so unless the robot is clever enough to comprehend that its actions are for humankind's long-term good. In Jacques Brécard's 1956 <a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a> translation entitled <i><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Cavernes_d%27acier" class="extiw" title="fr:Les Cavernes d'acier">Les Cavernes d'acier</a></i> Baley's thoughts emerge in a slightly different way: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>A robot may not harm a human being, unless he finds a way to prove that ultimately the harm done would benefit humanity in general!<sup id="cite_ref-Brécard_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brécard-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Removal_of_the_Three_Laws">Removal of the Three Laws</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Three_Laws_of_Robotics&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Removal of the Three Laws"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Three times during his writing career, Asimov portrayed robots that disregard the Three Laws entirely. The first case was a <a href="/wiki/Vignette_(literature)" title="Vignette (literature)">short-short story</a> entitled "<a href="/wiki/First_Law" title="First Law">First Law</a>" and is often considered an insignificant "tall tale"<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or even <a href="/wiki/Apocrypha" title="Apocrypha">apocryphal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the other hand, the short story "<a href="/wiki/Cal_(short_story)" title="Cal (short story)">Cal</a>" (from the collection <i><a href="/wiki/Gold_(Asimov)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gold (Asimov)">Gold</a></i>), told by a first-person robot narrator, features a robot who disregards the Three Laws because he has found something far more important—he wants to be a writer. Humorous, partly autobiographical and unusually experimental in style, "Cal" has been regarded as one of <i>Gold'</i>s strongest stories.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The third is a short story entitled "<a href="/wiki/Sally_(Asimov)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sally (Asimov)">Sally</a>" in which cars fitted with positronic brains are apparently able to harm and kill humans in disregard of the First Law. However, aside from the positronic brain concept, this story does not refer to other robot stories and may not be set in the same <a href="/wiki/Continuity_(fiction)" title="Continuity (fiction)">continuity</a>. </p><p>The title story of the <i><a href="/wiki/Robot_Dreams" title="Robot Dreams">Robot Dreams</a></i> collection portrays LVX-1, or "Elvex", a robot who enters a state of unconsciousness and dreams thanks to the unusual <a href="/wiki/Fractal" title="Fractal">fractal</a> construction of his positronic brain. In his dream the first two Laws are absent and the Third Law reads "A robot must protect its own existence".<sup id="cite_ref-RDA1_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RDA1-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Asimov took varying positions on whether the Laws were optional: although in his first writings they were simply carefully engineered safeguards, in later stories Asimov stated that they were an inalienable part of the mathematical foundation underlying the positronic brain. Without the basic theory of the Three Laws the fictional scientists of Asimov's universe would be unable to design a workable brain unit. This is historically consistent: the occasions where roboticists modify the Laws generally occur early within the stories' chronology and at a time when there is less existing work to be re-done. In "Little Lost Robot" Susan Calvin considers modifying the Laws to be a terrible idea, although possible,<sup id="cite_ref-BBC2_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC2-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while centuries later Dr. Gerrigel in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Caves_of_Steel" title="The Caves of Steel">The Caves of Steel</a></i> believes it to require a century just to redevelop the positronic brain theory from scratch. </p><p>The character Dr. Gerrigel uses the term "Asenion" to describe robots programmed with the Three Laws. The robots in Asimov's stories, being Asenion robots, are incapable of knowingly violating the Three Laws but, in principle, a robot in science fiction or in the real world could be non-Asenion. "Asenion" is a misspelling of the name Asimov which was made by an editor of the magazine <i>Planet Stories.</i><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Asimov used this obscure variation to insert himself into <i>The Caves of Steel</i> just like he referred to himself as "Azimuth or, possibly, Asymptote" in <i><a href="/wiki/Thiotimoline" title="Thiotimoline">Thiotimoline</a> to the Stars</i>, in much the same way that <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Nabokov" title="Vladimir Nabokov">Vladimir Nabokov</a> appeared in <i><a href="/wiki/Lolita" title="Lolita">Lolita</a></i> <a href="/wiki/Anagram" title="Anagram">anagrammatically</a> disguised as "Vivian Darkbloom". </p><p>Characters within the stories often point out that the Three Laws, as they exist in a robot's mind, are not the written versions usually quoted by humans but abstract mathematical concepts upon which a robot's entire developing consciousness is based. This concept is largely fuzzy and unclear in earlier stories depicting very rudimentary robots who are only programmed to comprehend basic physical tasks, where the Three Laws act as an overarching safeguard, but by the era of <i>The Caves of Steel</i> featuring robots with human or beyond-human intelligence the Three Laws have become the underlying basic ethical worldview that determines the actions of all robots. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="By_other_authors">By other authors</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Three_Laws_of_Robotics&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: By other authors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Roger_MacBride_Allen's_trilogy"><span id="Roger_MacBride_Allen.27s_trilogy"></span>Roger MacBride Allen's trilogy</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Three_Laws_of_Robotics&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Roger MacBride Allen's trilogy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the 1990s, <a href="/wiki/Roger_MacBride_Allen" title="Roger MacBride Allen">Roger MacBride Allen</a> wrote a trilogy which was set within Asimov's fictional universe. Each title has the prefix "Isaac Asimov's" as Asimov had approved Allen's outline before his death.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2011)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> These three books, <i><a href="/wiki/Isaac_Asimov%27s_Caliban" class="mw-redirect" title="Isaac Asimov's Caliban">Caliban</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Isaac_Asimov%27s_Inferno" class="mw-redirect" title="Isaac Asimov's Inferno">Inferno</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Isaac_Asimov%27s_Utopia" title="Isaac Asimov's Utopia">Utopia</a></i>, introduce a new set of the Three Laws. The so-called New Laws are similar to Asimov's originals with the following differences: the First Law is modified to remove the "inaction" clause, the same modification made in "Little Lost Robot"; the Second Law is modified to require cooperation instead of obedience; the Third Law is modified so it is no longer superseded by the Second (i.e., a "New Law" robot cannot be ordered to destroy itself); finally, Allen adds a Fourth Law which instructs the robot to do "whatever it likes" so long as this does not conflict with the first three laws. The philosophy behind these changes is that "New Law" robots should be partners rather than slaves to humanity, according to <a href="/w/index.php?title=Fredda_Leving&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fredda Leving (page does not exist)">Fredda Leving</a>, who designed these <a href="/w/index.php?title=New_Law_Robots&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="New Law Robots (page does not exist)">New Law Robots</a>. According to the first book's introduction, Allen devised the New Laws in discussion with Asimov himself. However, the <i>Encyclopedia of Science Fiction</i> says that "With permission from Asimov, Allen rethought the Three Laws and developed a new set."<sup id="cite_ref-EoSF1_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EoSF1-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Jack_Williamson's_"With_Folded_Hands""><span id="Jack_Williamson.27s_.22With_Folded_Hands.22"></span>Jack Williamson's "With Folded Hands"</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Three_Laws_of_Robotics&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Jack Williamson's "With Folded Hands""><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Jack_Williamson" title="Jack Williamson">Jack Williamson</a>'s novelette "<a href="/wiki/With_Folded_Hands" title="With Folded Hands">With Folded Hands</a>" (1947), later rewritten as the novel <i><a href="/wiki/The_Humanoids" title="The Humanoids">The Humanoids</a></i>, deals with robot servants whose prime directive is "To Serve and Obey, And Guard Men From Harm". While Asimov's robotic laws are meant to protect humans from harm, the robots in Williamson's story have taken these instructions to the extreme; they protect humans from everything, including unhappiness, stress, unhealthy lifestyle and all actions that could be potentially dangerous. All that is left for humans to do is to sit with folded hands.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Foundation_sequel_trilogy"><i>Foundation</i> sequel trilogy</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Three_Laws_of_Robotics&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Foundation sequel trilogy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the officially licensed <i>Foundation</i> sequels <i><a href="/wiki/Foundation%27s_Fear" title="Foundation's Fear">Foundation's Fear</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Foundation_and_Chaos" title="Foundation and Chaos">Foundation and Chaos</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Foundation%27s_Triumph" title="Foundation's Triumph">Foundation's Triumph</a></i> (by <a href="/wiki/Gregory_Benford" title="Gregory Benford">Gregory Benford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greg_Bear" title="Greg Bear">Greg Bear</a> and <a href="/wiki/David_Brin" title="David Brin">David Brin</a> respectively) the future <a href="/wiki/Galactic_Empire_(Asimov)" class="mw-redirect" title="Galactic Empire (Asimov)">Galactic Empire</a> is seen to be controlled by a conspiracy of humaniform robots who follow the Zeroth Law and are led by <a href="/wiki/R._Daneel_Olivaw" title="R. Daneel Olivaw">R. Daneel Olivaw</a>. </p><p>The Laws of Robotics are portrayed as something akin to a human <a href="/wiki/Religion" title="Religion">religion</a>, and referred to in the language of the <a href="/wiki/Protestant_Reformation" class="mw-redirect" title="Protestant Reformation">Protestant Reformation</a>, with the set of laws containing the Zeroth Law known as the "Giskardian Reformation" to the original "Calvinian Orthodoxy" of the Three Laws. Zeroth-Law robots under the control of R. Daneel Olivaw are seen continually struggling with "First Law" robots who deny the existence of the Zeroth Law, promoting agendas different from Daneel's.<sup id="cite_ref-TMATWilkinson1_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TMATWilkinson1-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some of these agendas are based on the first clause of the First Law ("A robot may not injure a human being...") advocating strict non-interference in human politics to avoid unwittingly causing harm. Others are based on the second clause ("...or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm") claiming that robots should openly become a <a href="/wiki/Dictatorship" title="Dictatorship">dictatorial</a> government to protect humans from all potential conflict or disaster. </p><p>Daneel also comes into conflict with a robot known as R. Lodovic Trema whose positronic brain was infected by a rogue <a href="/wiki/Artificial_intelligence" title="Artificial intelligence">AI</a> — specifically, a simulation of the long-dead <a href="/wiki/Voltaire" title="Voltaire">Voltaire</a> — which consequently frees Trema from the Three Laws. Trema comes to believe that humanity should be free to choose its own future. Furthermore, a small group of robots claims that the Zeroth Law of Robotics itself implies a higher Minus One Law of Robotics: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>A robot may not harm <a href="/wiki/Sentience" title="Sentience">sentience</a> or, through inaction, allow sentience to come to harm.</p></blockquote> <p>They therefore claim that it is morally indefensible for Daneel to ruthlessly sacrifice robots and <a href="/wiki/Extraterrestrial_life" title="Extraterrestrial life">extraterrestrial</a> sentient life for the benefit of humanity. None of these reinterpretations successfully displace Daneel's Zeroth Law — though <i>Foundation's Triumph</i> hints that these robotic factions remain active as fringe groups up to the time of the novel <a href="/wiki/Foundation_(Isaac_Asimov_novel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Foundation (Isaac Asimov novel)"><i>Foundation</i></a>.<sup id="cite_ref-TMATWilkinson1_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TMATWilkinson1-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>These novels take place in a future dictated by Asimov to be free of obvious robot presence and surmise that R. Daneel's secret influence on history through the millennia has prevented both the rediscovery of <a href="/wiki/Positronic_brain" title="Positronic brain">positronic brain</a> technology and the opportunity to work on sophisticated intelligent machines. This lack of rediscovery and lack of opportunity makes certain that the superior physical and intellectual power wielded by intelligent machines remains squarely in the possession of robots obedient to some form of the Three Laws.<sup id="cite_ref-TMATWilkinson1_30-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TMATWilkinson1-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That R. Daneel is not entirely successful at this becomes clear in a brief period when scientists on <a href="/wiki/Trantor" class="mw-redirect" title="Trantor">Trantor</a> develop "<a href="/wiki/Trantor#Food_production" class="mw-redirect" title="Trantor"><i>tiktoks</i></a>" — simplistic programmable machines akin to real–life modern robots and therefore lacking the Three Laws. The robot conspirators see the Trantorian tiktoks as a massive threat to social stability, and their plan to eliminate the tiktok threat forms much of the plot of <i>Foundation's Fear</i>. </p><p>In <i>Foundation's Triumph</i> different robot factions interpret the Laws in a wide variety of ways, seemingly ringing every possible permutation upon the Three Laws' ambiguities. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Robot_Mystery_series">Robot Mystery series</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Three_Laws_of_Robotics&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Robot Mystery series"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Set between <i><a href="/wiki/The_Robots_of_Dawn" title="The Robots of Dawn">The Robots of Dawn</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Robots_and_Empire" title="Robots and Empire">Robots and Empire</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Mark_W._Tiedemann" title="Mark W. Tiedemann">Mark W. Tiedemann</a>'s <i>Robot Mystery</i> trilogy updates the <i>Robot</i>–<i>Foundation</i> saga with robotic minds housed in computer mainframes rather than humanoid bodies.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="The text near this tag may need clarification or removal of jargon. (June 2011)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The 2002 Aurora novel has robotic characters debating the moral implications of harming cyborg lifeforms who are part artificial and part biological.<sup id="cite_ref-IAATiedemann1_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IAATiedemann1-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>One should not neglect Asimov's own creations in these areas such as the Solarian "viewing" technology and the machines of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Evitable_Conflict" title="The Evitable Conflict">The Evitable Conflict</a></i> originals that Tiedemann acknowledges. <i>Aurora</i>, for example, terms the Machines "the first RIs, really". In addition the <i>Robot Mystery</i> series addresses the problem of <a href="/wiki/Nanotechnology" title="Nanotechnology">nanotechnology</a>:<sup id="cite_ref-tiedemann_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tiedemann-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> building a positronic brain capable of reproducing human cognitive processes requires a high degree of miniaturization, yet Asimov's stories largely overlook the effects this miniaturization would have in other fields of technology. For example, the police department card-readers in <i>The Caves of Steel</i> have a capacity of only a few kilobytes per square centimeter of storage medium. <i>Aurora</i>, in particular, presents a sequence of historical developments which explains the lack of nanotechnology — a partial <a href="/wiki/Retcon" class="mw-redirect" title="Retcon">retcon</a>, in a sense, of Asimov's timeline. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Randall_Munroe">Randall Munroe</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Three_Laws_of_Robotics&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Randall Munroe"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Randall_Munroe" title="Randall Munroe">Randall Munroe</a> has discussed the Three Laws in various instances, but possibly most directly by one of his comics entitled <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://xkcd.com/1613/">The Three Laws of Robotics</a> which imagines the consequences of every distinct ordering of the existing three laws. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Additional_laws">Additional laws</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Three_Laws_of_Robotics&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Additional laws"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Authors other than Asimov have often created extra laws. </p><p>The 1974 <a href="/wiki/Lyuben_Dilov" title="Lyuben Dilov">Lyuben Dilov</a> novel, <i>Icarus's Way</i> (a.k.a., <i>The Trip of Icarus</i>) introduced a Fourth Law of robotics: "A robot must establish its identity as a robot in all cases." Dilov gives reasons for the fourth safeguard in this way: "The last Law has put an end to the expensive aberrations of designers to give psychorobots as humanlike a form as possible. And to the resulting misunderstandings..."<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A fifth law was introduced by <a href="/wiki/Nikola_Kesarovski" title="Nikola Kesarovski">Nikola Kesarovski</a> in his short story "The Fifth Law of Robotics". This fifth law says: "A robot must know it is a robot." The plot revolves around a murder where the forensic investigation discovers that the victim was killed by a hug from a humaniform robot that did not establish for itself that it was a robot.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The story was reviewed by <a href="/wiki/Valentin_D._Ivanov" class="mw-redirect" title="Valentin D. Ivanov">Valentin D. Ivanov</a> in SFF review webzine <i>The Portal</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For the 1986 tribute anthology, <i><a href="/wiki/Foundation%27s_Friends" title="Foundation's Friends">Foundation's Friends</a>,</i> <a href="/wiki/Harry_Harrison_(writer)" title="Harry Harrison (writer)">Harry Harrison</a> wrote a story entitled, "The Fourth Law of Robotics". This Fourth Law states: "A robot must reproduce. As long as such reproduction does not interfere with the First or Second or Third Law." </p><p>In 2013 <a href="/wiki/Hutan_Ashrafian" title="Hutan Ashrafian">Hutan Ashrafian</a> proposed an additional law that considered the role of artificial intelligence-on-artificial intelligence or the relationship between robots themselves – the so-called AIonAI law.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This sixth law states: "All robots endowed with comparable human reason and conscience should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood." </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ambiguities_and_loopholes">Ambiguities and loopholes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Three_Laws_of_Robotics&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Ambiguities and loopholes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Unknowing_breach_of_the_laws">Unknowing breach of the laws</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Three_Laws_of_Robotics&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Unknowing breach of the laws"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In <i><a href="/wiki/The_Naked_Sun" title="The Naked Sun">The Naked Sun</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Elijah_Baley" title="Elijah Baley">Elijah Baley</a> points out that the Laws had been deliberately misrepresented because robots could <i>unknowingly</i> break any of them. He restated the first law as "A robot may do nothing that, <i>to its knowledge,</i> will harm a human being; nor, through inaction, <i>knowingly</i> allow a human being to come to harm." This change in wording makes it clear that robots can become the tools of murder, provided they not be aware of the nature of their tasks; for instance being ordered to add something to a person's food, not knowing that it is poison. Furthermore, he points out that a clever criminal could divide a task among multiple robots so that no individual robot could recognize that its actions would lead to harming a human being.<sup id="cite_ref-TNSPoison_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TNSPoison-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>The Naked Sun</i> complicates the issue by portraying a decentralized, planetwide communication network among Solaria's millions of robots meaning that the criminal mastermind could be located anywhere on the planet. </p><p>Baley furthermore proposes that the Solarians may one day use robots for military purposes. If a spacecraft was built with a positronic brain and carried neither humans nor the life-support systems to sustain them, then the ship's robotic intelligence could naturally assume that all other spacecraft were robotic beings. Such a ship could operate more responsively and flexibly than one crewed by humans, could be armed more heavily and its robotic brain equipped to slaughter humans of whose existence it is totally ignorant.<sup id="cite_ref-TNSSpaceship_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TNSSpaceship-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This possibility is referenced in <i><a href="/wiki/Foundation_and_Earth" title="Foundation and Earth">Foundation and Earth</a></i> where it is discovered that the Solarians possess a strong police force of unspecified size that has been programmed to identify only the Solarian race as human. (The novel takes place thousands of years after The Naked Sun, and the Solarians have long since modified themselves from normal humans to hermaphroditic telepaths with extended brains and specialized organs.) Similarly, in <i><a href="/wiki/Lucky_Starr_and_the_Rings_of_Saturn" title="Lucky Starr and the Rings of Saturn">Lucky Starr and the Rings of Saturn</a></i> Bigman attempts to speak with a Sirian robot about possible damage to the Solar System population from its actions, but it appears unaware of the data and programmed to ignore attempts to teach it about the matter. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ambiguities_resulting_from_lack_of_definition">Ambiguities resulting from lack of definition</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Three_Laws_of_Robotics&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Ambiguities resulting from lack of definition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Laws of Robotics presume that the terms "human being" and "robot" are understood and well defined. In some stories this presumption is overturned. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Definition_of_"human_being""><span id="Definition_of_.22human_being.22"></span>Definition of "human being"</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Three_Laws_of_Robotics&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Definition of "human being""><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Solaria_(fictional_planet)" class="mw-redirect" title="Solaria (fictional planet)">Solarians</a> create robots with the Three Laws but with a warped meaning of "human". Solarian robots are told that only people speaking with a Solarian accent are human. This enables their robots to have no ethical dilemma in harming non-Solarian human beings (and they are specifically programmed to do so). By the time period of <i><a href="/wiki/Foundation_and_Earth" title="Foundation and Earth">Foundation and Earth</a></i> it is revealed that the Solarians have genetically modified themselves into a distinct species from humanity—becoming hermaphroditic<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Psychokinesis" class="mw-redirect" title="Psychokinesis">psychokinetic</a> and containing biological organs capable of individually powering and controlling whole complexes of robots. The robots of Solaria thus respected the Three Laws only with regard to the "humans" of Solaria. It is unclear whether all the robots had such definitions, since only the overseer and guardian robots were shown explicitly to have them. In "Robots and Empire", the lower class robots were instructed by their overseer about whether certain creatures are human or not. </p><p>Asimov addresses the problem of humanoid robots ("<a href="/wiki/Android_(robot)" title="Android (robot)">androids</a>" in later parlance) several times. The novel <i><a href="/wiki/Robots_and_Empire" title="Robots and Empire">Robots and Empire</a></i> and the short stories "<a href="/wiki/Evidence_(Asimov)" class="mw-redirect" title="Evidence (Asimov)">Evidence</a>" and "The Tercentenary Incident" describe robots crafted to fool people into believing that the robots are human.<sup id="cite_ref-ROBANDEMP1_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ROBANDEMP1-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the other hand, "<a href="/wiki/The_Bicentennial_Man" title="The Bicentennial Man">The Bicentennial Man</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/%E2%80%94That_Thou_Art_Mindful_of_Him" class="mw-redirect" title="—That Thou Art Mindful of Him">—That Thou Art Mindful of Him</a>" explore how the robots may change their interpretation of the Laws as they grow more sophisticated. <a href="/wiki/Gwendoline_Butler" title="Gwendoline Butler">Gwendoline Butler</a> writes in <i>A Coffin for the Canary</i> "Perhaps we are robots. Robots acting out the last Law of Robotics... To tend towards the human."<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <i><a href="/wiki/The_Robots_of_Dawn" title="The Robots of Dawn">The Robots of Dawn</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Elijah_Baley" title="Elijah Baley">Elijah Baley</a> points out that the use of humaniform robots as the first wave of settlers on new Spacer worlds may lead to the robots seeing themselves as the true humans, and deciding to keep the worlds for themselves rather than allow the Spacers to settle there. </p><p>"—That Thou Art Mindful of Him", which Asimov intended to be the "ultimate" probe into the Laws' subtleties,<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> finally uses the Three Laws to conjure up the very "Frankenstein" scenario they were invented to prevent. It takes as its concept the growing development of robots that mimic non-human living things and are given programs that mimic simple animal behaviours which do not require the Three Laws. The presence of a whole range of robotic life that serves the same purpose as organic life ends with two humanoid robots, George Nine and George Ten, concluding that organic life is an unnecessary requirement for a truly logical and self-consistent definition of "humanity", and that since they are the most advanced thinking beings on the planet, they are therefore the only two true humans alive and the Three Laws only apply to themselves. The story ends on a sinister note as the two robots enter hibernation and await a time when they will conquer the Earth and subjugate biological humans to themselves, an outcome they consider an inevitable result of the "Three Laws of Humanics".<sup id="cite_ref-TCRMindful1_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TCRMindful1-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>This story does not fit within the overall sweep of the <i>Robot</i> and <a href="/wiki/Foundation_Series" class="mw-redirect" title="Foundation Series"><i>Foundation</i> series</a>; if the George robots <i>did</i> take over Earth some time after the story closes, the later stories would be either redundant or impossible. Contradictions of this sort among Asimov's fiction works have led scholars to regard the <i>Robot</i> stories as more like "the Scandinavian sagas or the Greek legends" than a unified whole.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Indeed, Asimov describes "—That Thou Art Mindful of Him" and "Bicentennial Man" as two opposite, parallel futures for robots that obviate the Three Laws as robots come to consider themselves to be humans: one portraying this in a positive light with a robot joining human society, one portraying this in a negative light with robots supplanting humans.<sup id="cite_ref-TCRBicentennial_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TCRBicentennial-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Both are to be considered alternatives to the possibility of a robot society that continues to be driven by the Three Laws as portrayed in the <i>Foundation</i> series.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch#Unsupported_attributions" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch"><span title="The material near this tag may use weasel words or too-vague attribution. (December 2010)">according to whom?</span></a></i>]</sup> In <a href="/wiki/The_Positronic_Man" title="The Positronic Man">The Positronic Man</a>, the novelization of <a href="/wiki/The_Bicentennial_Man" title="The Bicentennial Man">The Bicentennial Man</a>, Asimov and his co-writer <a href="/wiki/Robert_Silverberg" title="Robert Silverberg">Robert Silverberg</a> imply that in the future where Andrew Martin exists his influence causes humanity to abandon the idea of independent, sentient humanlike robots entirely, creating an utterly different future from that of <i>Foundation</i>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch#Unsupported_attributions" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch"><span title="The material near this tag may use weasel words or too-vague attribution. (December 2010)">according to whom?</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In <i><a href="/wiki/Lucky_Starr_and_the_Rings_of_Saturn" title="Lucky Starr and the Rings of Saturn">Lucky Starr and the Rings of Saturn</a></i>, a novel unrelated to the <i>Robot</i> series but featuring robots programmed with the Three Laws, John Bigman Jones is almost killed by a Sirian robot on orders of its master. The society of Sirius is eugenically bred to be uniformly tall and similar in appearance, and as such, said master is able to convince the robot that the much shorter Bigman, is, in fact, not a human being. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Definition_of_"robot""><span id="Definition_of_.22robot.22"></span>Definition of "robot"</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Three_Laws_of_Robotics&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Definition of "robot""><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As noted in "The Fifth Law of Robotics" by <a href="/wiki/Nikola_Kesarovski" title="Nikola Kesarovski">Nikola Kesarovski</a>, "A robot must know it is a robot": it is presumed that a robot has a definition of the term or a means to apply it to its own actions. Kesarovski played with this idea in writing about a robot that could kill a human being because it did not understand that it was a robot, and therefore did not apply the Laws of Robotics to its actions. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Resolving_conflicts_among_the_laws">Resolving conflicts among the laws</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Three_Laws_of_Robotics&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Resolving conflicts among the laws"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Advanced robots in fiction are typically programmed to handle the Three Laws in a sophisticated manner. In many stories, such as "<a href="/wiki/Runaround_(story)" title="Runaround (story)">Runaround</a>" by Asimov, the potential and severity of all actions are weighed and a robot will break the laws as little as possible rather than do nothing at all. For example, the First Law may forbid a robot from functioning as a surgeon, as that act may cause damage to a human; however, Asimov's stories eventually included robot surgeons ("The Bicentennial Man" being a notable example). When robots are sophisticated enough to weigh alternatives, a robot may be programmed to accept the necessity of inflicting damage during surgery in order to prevent the greater harm that would result if the surgery were not carried out, or was carried out by a more fallible human surgeon. In "<a href="/wiki/Evidence_(Asimov)" class="mw-redirect" title="Evidence (Asimov)">Evidence</a>" Susan Calvin points out that a robot may even act as a <a href="/wiki/Attorney_at_law_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Attorney at law (United States)">prosecuting attorney</a> because in the American justice system it is the <a href="/wiki/Jury" title="Jury">jury</a> which decides guilt or innocence, the judge who decides the sentence, and the <a href="/wiki/Executioner" title="Executioner">executioner</a> who carries through <a href="/wiki/Capital_punishment" title="Capital punishment">capital punishment</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated2_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated2-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Asimov's Three Laws-obeying robots (Asenion robots) can experience irreversible mental collapse if they are forced into situations where they cannot obey the First Law, or if they discover they have unknowingly violated it. The first example of this <a href="/wiki/Failure_mode" class="mw-redirect" title="Failure mode">failure mode</a> occurs in the story "<a href="/wiki/Liar!_(short_story)" title="Liar! (short story)">Liar!</a>", which introduced the First Law itself, and introduces failure by dilemma—in this case the robot will hurt humans if he tells them something and hurt them if he does not.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This failure mode, which often ruins the positronic brain beyond repair, plays a significant role in Asimov's SF-mystery novel <i><a href="/wiki/The_Naked_Sun" title="The Naked Sun">The Naked Sun</a></i>. Here Daneel describes activities contrary to one of the laws, but in support of another, as overloading some circuits in a robot's brain—the equivalent sensation to pain in humans. The example he uses is forcefully ordering a robot to let a human do its work, which on Solaria, due to the extreme specialization, would mean its only purpose.<sup id="cite_ref-TNSPain_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TNSPain-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In <i><a href="/wiki/The_Robots_of_Dawn" title="The Robots of Dawn">The Robots of Dawn</a></i>, it is stated that more advanced robots are built capable of determining which action is more harmful, and even choosing at random if the alternatives are equally bad. As such, a robot is capable of taking an action which can be interpreted as following the First Law, thus avoiding a mental collapse. The whole plot of the story revolves around a robot which apparently was destroyed by such a mental collapse, and since his designer and creator refused to share the basic theory with others, he is, by definition, the only person capable of circumventing the safeguards and forcing the robot into a brain-destroying paradox. </p><p>In <i><a href="/wiki/Robots_and_Empire" title="Robots and Empire">Robots and Empire</a></i>, Daneel states it's very unpleasant for him when making the proper decision takes too long (in robot terms), and he cannot imagine being without the Laws at all except to the extent of it being similar to that unpleasant sensation, only permanent. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Applications_to_future_technology">Applications to future technology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Three_Laws_of_Robotics&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Applications to future technology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Philosophy_of_artificial_intelligence" title="Philosophy of artificial intelligence">Philosophy of artificial intelligence</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ethics_of_artificial_intelligence" title="Ethics of artificial intelligence">Ethics of artificial intelligence</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Friendly_artificial_intelligence" title="Friendly artificial intelligence">Friendly artificial intelligence</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:HONDA_ASIMO.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/HONDA_ASIMO.jpg/220px-HONDA_ASIMO.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/HONDA_ASIMO.jpg/330px-HONDA_ASIMO.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/HONDA_ASIMO.jpg/440px-HONDA_ASIMO.jpg 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="1280" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/ASIMO" title="ASIMO">ASIMO</a> was an advanced <a href="/wiki/Humanoid_robot" title="Humanoid robot">humanoid robot</a> developed by <a href="/wiki/Honda" title="Honda">Honda</a>. Shown here at <a href="/wiki/Expo_2005" title="Expo 2005">Expo 2005</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>Robots and artificial intelligences do not inherently contain or obey the Three Laws; their human creators must choose to program them in, and devise a means to do so. Robots already exist (for example, a <a href="/wiki/Roomba" title="Roomba">Roomba</a>) that are too simple to understand when they are causing pain or injury and know to stop. Many are constructed with physical safeguards such as bumpers, warning beepers, safety cages, or restricted-access zones to prevent accidents. Even the most complex robots currently produced are incapable of understanding and applying the Three Laws; significant advances in artificial intelligence would be needed to do so, and even if AI could reach human-level intelligence, the inherent ethical complexity as well as cultural/contextual dependency of the laws prevent them from being a good candidate to formulate robotics design constraints.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, as the complexity of robots has increased, so has interest in developing guidelines and safeguards for their operation.<sup id="cite_ref-moravec_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-moravec-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In a 2007 guest editorial in the journal <i><a href="/wiki/Science_(journal)" title="Science (journal)">Science</a></i> on the topic of "Robot Ethics", SF author <a href="/wiki/Robert_J._Sawyer" title="Robert J. Sawyer">Robert J. Sawyer</a> argues that since the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Armed_Forces" title="United States Armed Forces">U.S. military</a> is a major source of funding for robotic research (and already uses armed <a href="/wiki/Unmanned_aerial_vehicles" class="mw-redirect" title="Unmanned aerial vehicles">unmanned aerial vehicles</a> to kill enemies) it is unlikely such laws would be built into their designs.<sup id="cite_ref-SAWSCI_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SAWSCI-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a separate essay, Sawyer generalizes this argument to cover other industries stating: </p> <blockquote><p>The development of AI is a business, and businesses are notoriously uninterested in fundamental safeguards — especially philosophic ones. (A few quick examples: the tobacco industry, the automotive industry, the nuclear industry. Not one of these has said from the outset that fundamental safeguards are necessary, every one of them has resisted externally imposed safeguards, and none has accepted an absolute edict against ever causing harm to humans.)<sup id="cite_ref-SAWON3LAWS_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SAWON3LAWS-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p><a href="/wiki/David_Langford" title="David Langford">David Langford</a> has suggested<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a tongue-in-cheek set of laws: </p> <ol><li>A robot will not harm authorized Government personnel but will <a href="/wiki/Terminate_with_extreme_prejudice" class="mw-redirect" title="Terminate with extreme prejudice">terminate intruders with extreme prejudice</a>.</li> <li>A robot will obey the orders of authorized personnel except where such orders conflict with the Third Law.</li> <li>A robot will guard its own existence with lethal antipersonnel weaponry, because a robot is bloody expensive.</li></ol> <p>Roger Clarke (aka Rodger Clarke) wrote a pair of papers analyzing the complications in implementing these laws in the event that systems were someday capable of employing them. He argued "Asimov's Laws of Robotics have been a very successful literary device. Perhaps ironically, or perhaps because it was artistically appropriate, the sum of Asimov's stories disprove the contention that he began with: It is not possible to reliably constrain the behaviour of robots by devising and applying a set of rules."<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the other hand, Asimov's later novels <i><a href="/wiki/The_Robots_of_Dawn" title="The Robots of Dawn">The Robots of Dawn</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Robots_and_Empire" title="Robots and Empire">Robots and Empire</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Foundation_and_Earth" title="Foundation and Earth">Foundation and Earth</a></i> imply that the robots inflicted their worst long-term harm by obeying the Three Laws perfectly well, thereby depriving humanity of inventive or risk-taking behaviour. </p><p>In March 2007 the <a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korean</a> government announced that later in the year it would issue a "Robot Ethics Charter" setting standards for both users and manufacturers. According to Park Hye-Young of the Ministry of Information and Communication the Charter may reflect Asimov's Three Laws, attempting to set ground rules for the future development of robotics.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The futurist <a href="/wiki/Hans_Moravec" title="Hans Moravec">Hans Moravec</a> (a prominent figure in the <a href="/wiki/Transhumanism" title="Transhumanism">transhumanist</a> movement) proposed that the Laws of Robotics should be adapted to "corporate intelligences" — the <a href="/wiki/Corporation" title="Corporation">corporations</a> driven by AI and robotic manufacturing power which Moravec believes will arise in the near future.<sup id="cite_ref-moravec_50-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-moravec-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In contrast, the <a href="/wiki/David_Brin" title="David Brin">David Brin</a> novel <i><a href="/wiki/Foundation%27s_Triumph" title="Foundation's Triumph">Foundation's Triumph</a></i> (1999) suggests that the Three Laws may decay into obsolescence: Robots use the Zeroth Law to rationalize away the First Law and robots hide themselves from human beings so that the Second Law never comes into play. Brin even portrays <a href="/wiki/R._Daneel_Olivaw" title="R. Daneel Olivaw">R. Daneel Olivaw</a> worrying that, should robots continue to reproduce themselves, the Three Laws would become an evolutionary handicap and <a href="/wiki/Natural_selection" title="Natural selection">natural selection</a> would sweep the Laws away — Asimov's careful foundation undone by <a href="/wiki/Evolutionary_computation" title="Evolutionary computation">evolutionary computation</a>. Although the robots would not be evolving through <i>design</i> instead of <i>mutation</i> because the robots would have to follow the Three Laws while designing and the prevalence of the laws would be ensured,<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> design flaws or construction errors could functionally take the place of biological mutation. </p><p>In the July/August 2009 issue of <i>IEEE Intelligent Systems</i>, Robin Murphy (Raytheon Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M) and David D. Woods (director of the Cognitive Systems Engineering Laboratory at Ohio State) proposed "The Three Laws of Responsible Robotics" as a way to stimulate discussion about the role of responsibility and authority when designing not only a single robotic platform but the larger system in which the platform operates. The laws are as follows: </p> <ol><li>A human may not deploy a robot without the human-robot work system meeting the highest legal and professional standards of safety and ethics.</li> <li>A robot must respond to humans as appropriate for their roles.</li> <li>A robot must be endowed with sufficient situated autonomy to protect its own existence as long as such protection provides smooth transfer of control which does not conflict with the First and Second Laws.<sup id="cite_ref-IEEEMWTTLRR_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IEEEMWTTLRR-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ol> <p>Woods said, "Our laws are a little more realistic, and therefore a little more boring” and that "The philosophy has been, ‘sure, people make mistakes, but robots will be better – a perfect version of ourselves’. We wanted to write three new laws to get people thinking about the human-robot relationship in more realistic, grounded ways."<sup id="cite_ref-IEEEMWTTLRR_58-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IEEEMWTTLRR-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In early 2011, the UK published what is now considered the first national-level AI softlaw, which consisted largely of a revised set of 5 laws, the first 3 of which updated Asimov's. These laws ere published with commentary, by the EPSRC/AHRC working group in 2010:<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ol><li>Robots are multi-use tools. Robots should not be designed solely or primarily to kill or harm humans, except in the interests of national security.</li> <li>Humans, not Robots, are responsible agents. Robots should be designed and operated as far as practicable to comply with existing laws, fundamental rights and freedoms, including privacy.</li> <li>Robots are products. They should be designed using processes which assure their safety and security.</li> <li>Robots are manufactured artefacts. They should not be designed in a deceptive way to exploit vulnerable users; instead their machine nature should be transparent.</li> <li>The person with legal responsibility for a robot should be attributed.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_occurrences_in_media">Other occurrences in media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Three_Laws_of_Robotics&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Other occurrences in media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/The_Three_Laws_of_Robotics_in_popular_culture" title="The Three Laws of Robotics in popular culture">The Three Laws of Robotics in popular culture</a></div> <p>Asimov himself believed that his Three Laws became the basis for a new view of robots which moved beyond the "Frankenstein complex".<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2011)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> His view that robots are more than mechanical monsters eventually spread throughout science fiction.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch#Unsupported_attributions" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch"><span title="The material near this tag may use weasel words or too-vague attribution. (June 2011)">according to whom?</span></a></i>]</sup> Stories written by other authors have depicted robots as if they obeyed the Three Laws but tradition dictates that only Asimov could quote the Laws explicitly.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch#Unsupported_attributions" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch"><span title="The material near this tag may use weasel words or too-vague attribution. (June 2011)">according to whom?</span></a></i>]</sup> Asimov believed the Three Laws helped foster the rise of stories in which robots are "lovable" – <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars" title="Star Wars">Star Wars</a></i> being his favorite example.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Where the laws are quoted verbatim, such as in the <i><a href="/wiki/Buck_Rogers_in_the_25th_Century_(TV_series)" title="Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (TV series)">Buck Rogers in the 25th Century</a></i> episode "Shgoratchx!", it is not uncommon for Asimov to be mentioned in the same dialogue as can also be seen in the <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Stone" title="Aaron Stone">Aaron Stone</a> pilot where an android states that it functions under Asimov's Three Laws. However, the 1960s German TV series <i><a href="/wiki/Raumpatrouille" class="mw-redirect" title="Raumpatrouille">Raumpatrouille – Die phantastischen Abenteuer des Raumschiffes Orion</a></i> (<i>Space Patrol – the Fantastic Adventures of Space Ship Orion</i>) bases episode three titled "<i>Hüter des Gesetzes</i>" ("Guardians of the Law") on Asimov's Three Laws without mentioning the source. </p><p>References to the Three Laws have appeared in popular music ("Robot" from <a href="/wiki/Hawkwind" title="Hawkwind">Hawkwind</a>'s 1979 album <i><a href="/wiki/PXR5" title="PXR5">PXR5</a></i>), cinema (<i><a href="/wiki/Repo_Man_(film)" title="Repo Man (film)">Repo Man</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Aliens_(film)" title="Aliens (film)">Aliens</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Ghost_in_the_Shell_2:_Innocence" title="Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence">Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence</a></i>), cartoon series (<i><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons" title="The Simpsons">The Simpsons</a></i>), anime (<i><a href="/wiki/Eve_no_Jikan" class="mw-redirect" title="Eve no Jikan">Eve no Jikan</a></i>), tabletop role-playing games (<a href="/wiki/Paranoia_(role-playing_game)" title="Paranoia (role-playing game)">Paranoia</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Webcomics" class="mw-redirect" title="Webcomics">webcomics</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Piled_Higher_and_Deeper" title="Piled Higher and Deeper">Piled Higher and Deeper</a></i> and <i>Freefall</i>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Three_Laws_in_film">The Three Laws in film</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Three_Laws_of_Robotics&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: The Three Laws in film"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Robby_the_Robot" title="Robby the Robot">Robby the Robot</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/Forbidden_Planet" title="Forbidden Planet">Forbidden Planet</a></i> (1956) has a hierarchical command structure which keeps him from harming humans, even when ordered to do so, as such orders cause a conflict and lock-up very much in the manner of Asimov's robots. Robby is one of the first cinematic depictions of a robot with internal safeguards put in place in this fashion. Asimov was delighted with Robby and noted that Robby appeared to be programmed to follow his Three Laws. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bicentennial-man-three-laws.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/25/Bicentennial-man-three-laws.jpg/220px-Bicentennial-man-three-laws.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/25/Bicentennial-man-three-laws.jpg/330px-Bicentennial-man-three-laws.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/25/Bicentennial-man-three-laws.jpg 2x" data-file-width="387" data-file-height="258" /></a><figcaption>NDR-114 explaining the Three Laws</figcaption></figure> <p>Isaac Asimov's works have been adapted for cinema several times with varying degrees of critical and commercial success. Some of the more notable attempts have involved his "Robot" stories, including the Three Laws. </p><p>The film <i><a href="/wiki/Bicentennial_Man_(film)" title="Bicentennial Man (film)">Bicentennial Man</a></i> (1999) features <a href="/wiki/Robin_Williams" title="Robin Williams">Robin Williams</a> as the Three Laws robot NDR-114 (the serial number is partially a reference to <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Kubrick" title="Stanley Kubrick">Stanley Kubrick</a>'s <a href="/wiki/CRM_114_(device)" class="mw-redirect" title="CRM 114 (device)">signature numeral</a>). Williams recites the Three Laws to his employers, the Martin family, aided by a holographic projection. The film only loosely follows the original story. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Harlan_Ellison" title="Harlan Ellison">Harlan Ellison</a>'s proposed screenplay for <i><a href="/wiki/I,_Robot_(film)" title="I, Robot (film)">I, Robot</a></i> began by introducing the Three Laws, and issues growing from the Three Laws form a large part of the screenplay's plot development. Due to various complications in the Hollywood moviemaking system, to which Ellison's introduction devotes much invective, his screenplay was never filmed.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 1986 movie <a href="/wiki/Aliens_(film)" title="Aliens (film)"><i>Aliens</i></a>, after the android <a href="/wiki/List_of_Alien_characters" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Alien characters">Bishop</a> accidentally cuts himself, he attempts to reassure <a href="/wiki/Ellen_Ripley" title="Ellen Ripley">Ripley</a> by stating that: "It is impossible for me to harm or by omission of action, allow to be harmed, a human being".<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The plot of the film released in 2004 under the name, <i><a href="/wiki/I,_Robot_(film)" title="I, Robot (film)">I, Robot</a></i> is "suggested by" Asimov's robot fiction stories<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and advertising for the film included a trailer featuring the Three Laws followed by the <a href="/wiki/Aphorism" title="Aphorism">aphorism</a>, "Rules were made to be broken". The film opens with a recitation of the Three Laws and explores the implications of the <a href="#Zeroth_Law_added">Zeroth Law</a> as a logical extrapolation. The major conflict of the film comes from a computer artificial intelligence reaching the conclusion that humanity is incapable of taking care of itself.<sup id="cite_ref-BBCIrobot_66-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBCIrobot-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 2019 Netflix original series <i><a href="/wiki/Better_than_Us" title="Better than Us">Better than Us</a></i> includes the 3 laws in the opening of episode 1. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Criticisms">Criticisms</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Three_Laws_of_Robotics&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Criticisms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Analytical philosopher <a href="/wiki/James_H._Moor" title="James H. Moor">James H. Moor</a> says that if applied thoroughly they would produce unexpected results. He gives the example of a robot roaming the world trying to prevent harm from befalling human beings.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Three_Laws_of_Robotics&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239009302">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-entry{display:table-row;font-size:85%;line-height:110%;height:1.9em;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-image{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-link{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em 0.2em 0.2em 0.3em;vertical-align:middle}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .portalleft{clear:left;float:left;margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0}.mw-parser-output .portalright{clear:right;float:right;margin:0.5em 0 0.5em 1em}}</style><ul role="navigation" aria-label="Portals" class="noprint portalbox portalborder portalright"> <li class="portalbox-entry"><span class="portalbox-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dragon-149393.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Dragon-149393.svg/27px-Dragon-149393.svg.png" decoding="async" width="27" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Dragon-149393.svg/41px-Dragon-149393.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Dragon-149393.svg/54px-Dragon-149393.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="529" /></a></span></span><span class="portalbox-link"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Speculative_fiction" title="Portal:Speculative fiction">Speculative fiction portal</a></span></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Laws_of_robotics" title="Laws of robotics">Laws of robotics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarke%27s_three_laws" title="Clarke's three laws">Clarke's three laws</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethics_of_artificial_intelligence" title="Ethics of artificial intelligence">Ethics of artificial intelligence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Friendly_artificial_intelligence" title="Friendly artificial intelligence">Friendly artificial intelligence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_eponymous_laws" title="List of eponymous laws">List of eponymous laws</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_robot" title="Military robot">Military robot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morality" title="Morality">Morality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niven%27s_laws" title="Niven's laws">Niven's laws</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roboethics" class="mw-redirect" title="Roboethics">Roboethics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Three_Laws_of_Transhumanism" class="mw-redirect" title="Three Laws of Transhumanism">Three Laws of Transhumanism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regulation_of_algorithms" title="Regulation of algorithms">Regulation of algorithms</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Three_Laws_of_Robotics&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Asimov, Isaac (1979). <i>In Memory Yet Green</i>. Doubleday. <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-380-75432-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-380-75432-0">0-380-75432-0</a>.</li> <li>Asimov, Isaac (1964). "Introduction". <i>The Rest of the Robots</i>. Doubleday. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-385-09041-2" title="Special:BookSources/0-385-09041-2">0-385-09041-2</a>.</li> <li>James Gunn. (1982). <i>Isaac Asimov: The Foundations of Science Fiction</i>. Oxford u.a.: Oxford Univ. Pr.. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-19-503060-5" title="Special:BookSources/0-19-503060-5">0-19-503060-5</a>.</li> <li>Patrouch, Joseph F. (1974). <i>The Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov</i>. Doubleday. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-385-08696-2" title="Special:BookSources/0-385-08696-2">0-385-08696-2</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Three_Laws_of_Robotics&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-IROBOT-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-IROBOT_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-IROBOT_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-IROBOT_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAsimov1950" class="citation book cs1">Asimov, Isaac (1950). "Runaround". <i>I, Robot</i> (The Isaac Asimov Collection ed.). New York City: Doubleday. p. 40. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-385-42304-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-385-42304-5"><bdi>978-0-385-42304-5</bdi></a>. <q>This is an <i>exact</i> transcription of the laws. They also appear in the front of the book, and in both places there is <i>no</i> "to" in the 2nd law.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Runaround&rft.btitle=I%2C+Robot&rft.place=New+York+City&rft.pages=40&rft.edition=The+Isaac+Asimov+Collection&rft.pub=Doubleday&rft.date=1950&rft.isbn=978-0-385-42304-5&rft.aulast=Asimov&rft.aufirst=Isaac&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThree+Laws+of+Robotics" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFIsaac_Asimov1964" class="citation book cs1">Isaac Asimov (1964). "Introduction". <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/restofrobots00asim"><i>The Rest of the Robots</i></a></span>. Doubleday. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-385-09041-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-385-09041-4"><bdi>978-0-385-09041-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Introduction&rft.btitle=The+Rest+of+the+Robots&rft.pub=Doubleday&rft.date=1964&rft.isbn=978-0-385-09041-4&rft.au=Isaac+Asimov&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Frestofrobots00asim&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThree+Laws+of+Robotics" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGunn1980" class="citation journal cs1"><a href="/wiki/James_Gunn_(author)" class="mw-redirect" title="James Gunn (author)">Gunn, James</a> (July 1980). "On Variations on a Robot". <i><a href="/wiki/Asimov%27s_Science_Fiction" title="Asimov's Science Fiction">IASFM</a></i>: 56–81.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=IASFM&rft.atitle=On+Variations+on+a+Robot&rft.pages=56-81&rft.date=1980-07&rft.aulast=Gunn&rft.aufirst=James&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThree+Laws+of+Robotics" class="Z3988"></span> Reprinted in <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJames_Gunn.1982" class="citation book cs1">James Gunn. (1982). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/isaacasimovfound00gunn"><i>Isaac Asimov: The Foundations of Science Fiction</i></a>. Oxford u.a.: Oxford Univ. Pr. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-503060-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-19-503060-0"><bdi>978-0-19-503060-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Isaac+Asimov%3A+The+Foundations+of+Science+Fiction&rft.place=Oxford+u.a.&rft.pub=Oxford+Univ.+Pr.&rft.date=1982&rft.isbn=978-0-19-503060-0&rft.au=James+Gunn.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fisaacasimovfound00gunn&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThree+Laws+of+Robotics" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAsimov1979" class="citation book cs1">Asimov, Isaac (1979). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/inmemoryyetgreen00asim/page/237"><i>In Memory Yet Green</i></a>. Doubleday. p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/inmemoryyetgreen00asim/page/237">237</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-380-75432-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-380-75432-8"><bdi>978-0-380-75432-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=In+Memory+Yet+Green&rft.pages=237&rft.pub=Doubleday&rft.date=1979&rft.isbn=978-0-380-75432-8&rft.aulast=Asimov&rft.aufirst=Isaac&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Finmemoryyetgreen00asim%2Fpage%2F237&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThree+Laws+of+Robotics" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Asimov (1979), pp.236–8</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?44190"><i>Three Laws of Robotics</i></a> title listing at the <a href="/wiki/Internet_Speculative_Fiction_Database" title="Internet Speculative Fiction Database">Internet Speculative Fiction Database</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Asimov (1979), p. 263.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Asimov (1979), pp. 285–7.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Asimov, Isaac (1979). In Memory Yet Green. Doubleday. Chapters 21 through 26 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-380-75432-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-380-75432-0">0-380-75432-0</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPatrouch1974" class="citation book cs1">Patrouch, Joseph F. (1974). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/sciencefictionof00patr/page/42"><i>The Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov</i></a>. Doubleday. p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/sciencefictionof00patr/page/42">42</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-385-08696-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-385-08696-7"><bdi>978-0-385-08696-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Science+Fiction+of+Isaac+Asimov&rft.pages=42&rft.pub=Doubleday&rft.date=1974&rft.isbn=978-0-385-08696-7&rft.aulast=Patrouch&rft.aufirst=Joseph+F.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fsciencefictionof00patr%2Fpage%2F42&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThree+Laws+of+Robotics" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Asimov (1979), p. 620.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAsimov1980" class="citation book cs1">Asimov, Isaac (1980). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/injoystillfelt00isaa/page/61"><i>In Joy Still Felt</i></a>. Doubleday. p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/injoystillfelt00isaa/page/61">61</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-385-15544-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-385-15544-1"><bdi>978-0-385-15544-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=In+Joy+Still+Felt&rft.pages=61&rft.pub=Doubleday&rft.date=1980&rft.isbn=978-0-385-15544-1&rft.aulast=Asimov&rft.aufirst=Isaac&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Finjoystillfelt00isaa%2Fpage%2F61&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThree+Laws+of+Robotics" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-asimov198111-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-asimov198111_13-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-asimov198111_13-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAsimov,_Isaac1981" class="citation news cs1">Asimov, Isaac (November 1981). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/1981-11-compute-magazine/Compute_Issue_018_1981_Nov#page/n19/mode/2up">"The Three Laws"</a>. <i>Compute!</i>. p. 18<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">26 October</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Compute%21&rft.atitle=The+Three+Laws&rft.pages=18&rft.date=1981-11&rft.au=Asimov%2C+Isaac&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fstream%2F1981-11-compute-magazine%2FCompute_Issue_018_1981_Nov%23page%2Fn19%2Fmode%2F2up&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThree+Laws+of+Robotics" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAsimov2001" class="citation book cs1">Asimov, Isaac (12 April 2001). <i>Robot Visions</i>. Gollancz. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-85798-336-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-85798-336-4"><bdi>978-1-85798-336-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Robot+Visions&rft.pub=Gollancz&rft.date=2001-04-12&rft.isbn=978-1-85798-336-4&rft.aulast=Asimov&rft.aufirst=Isaac&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThree+Laws+of+Robotics" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYzj4yyM8Ws">"Isaac Asimov (1920- 1992 R.I.P.) April, 1986 Original air date You Tube Compression"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/YouTube" title="YouTube">YouTube</a></i>. 24 March 2009. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240925011116/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYzj4yyM8Ws">Archived</a> from the original on 25 September 2024<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">29 May</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=YouTube&rft.atitle=Isaac+Asimov+%281920-+1992+R.I.P.%29+April%2C+1986+Original+air+date+You+Tube+Compression&rft.date=2009-03-24&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DzYzj4yyM8Ws&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThree+Laws+of+Robotics" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/mnn_128_4628">"Conversation with Harold Channer - Episode 4628"</a>. 9 April 2020<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">29 May</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Conversation+with+Harold+Channer+-+Episode+4628&rft.date=2020-04-09&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fmnn_128_4628&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThree+Laws+of+Robotics" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.mnn.org/watch/programs/conversations-harold-hudson-channer/conversations-harold-channer-33">"Conversation with Issac Asimov - Episode 4628"</a>. 21 November 2021. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240925011017/https://www.mnn.org/watch/programs/conversations-harold-hudson-channer/conversations-harold-channer-33">Archived</a> from the original on 25 September 2024<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">29 May</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Conversation+with+Issac+Asimov+-+Episode+4628&rft.date=2021-11-21&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mnn.org%2Fwatch%2Fprograms%2Fconversations-harold-hudson-channer%2Fconversations-harold-channer-33&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThree+Laws+of+Robotics" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Gunn (1982).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-BBCAsimov-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-BBCAsimov_19-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A42253922">"Isaac Asimov"</a>. BBC. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100110060251/http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A42253922">Archived</a> from the original on 10 January 2010<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">11 November</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Isaac+Asimov&rft.pub=BBC&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fdna%2Fh2g2%2FA42253922&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThree+Laws+of+Robotics" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-SC1-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-SC1_20-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://archive.thedailystar.net/campus/2007/07/05/autprofile.htm">"Sci-fi writer Isaac Asimov"</a>. <i>Campus Star</i>. <a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Star_(Bangladesh)" title="The Daily Star (Bangladesh)">The Daily Star</a>. 29 July 2007. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161108132248/http://archive.thedailystar.net/campus/2007/07/05/autprofile.htm">Archived</a> from the original on 8 November 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">7 August</span> 2016</span>. <q>Only highly advanced robots (such as Daneel and Giskard) could comprehend this law.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Campus+Star&rft.atitle=Sci-fi+writer+Isaac+Asimov&rft.date=2007-07-29&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Farchive.thedailystar.net%2Fcampus%2F2007%2F07%2F05%2Fautprofile.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThree+Laws+of+Robotics" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Brécard-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Brécard_21-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Brécard_21-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAsimov1952" class="citation book cs1">Asimov, Isaac (1952). <i>The Caves of Steel</i>. Doubleday.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Caves+of+Steel&rft.pub=Doubleday&rft.date=1952&rft.aulast=Asimov&rft.aufirst=Isaac&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThree+Laws+of+Robotics" class="Z3988"></span>, translated by Jacques Brécard as <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Cavernes_d%27acier" class="extiw" title="fr:Les Cavernes d'acier"><i>Les Cavernes d'acier</i></a>. J'ai Lu Science-fiction. 1975. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-2-290-31902-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-2-290-31902-4"><bdi>978-2-290-31902-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Les+Cavernes+d%27acier&rft.pub=J%27ai+Lu+Science-fiction&rft.date=1975&rft.isbn=978-2-290-31902-4&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThree+Laws+of+Robotics" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Patrouch (1974), p. 50.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Gunn (1980); reprinted in Gunn (1982), p. 69.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJenkins2002" class="citation web cs1">Jenkins, John H. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2009-06-26</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Jenkins%27+Spoiler-Laden+Guide+to+Isaac+Asimov&rft.atitle=Review+of+%22Cal%22&rft.date=2002&rft.aulast=Jenkins&rft.aufirst=John+H.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fpreem.tejat.net%2F~tseng%2FAsimov%2FStories%2FStory419.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThree+Laws+of+Robotics" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-RDA1-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-RDA1_25-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAsimov1986" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Isaac_Asimov" title="Isaac Asimov">Asimov, Isaac</a> (1986). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120316134042/http://www.tcnj.edu/~miranda/classes/topics/reading/asimov.pdf"><i>Robot Dreams</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. Archived from the original on 16 March 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">11 November</span> 2010</span>. <q><span class="cs1-kern-left"></span>"But you quote it in incomplete fashion. The Third Law is 'A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.' " "Yes, Dr. Calvin. That is the Third Law in reality, but in my dream, the Law ended with the word 'existence'. There was no mention of the First or Second Law."<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span></q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Robot+Dreams&rft.date=1986&rft.aulast=Asimov&rft.aufirst=Isaac&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tcnj.edu%2F~miranda%2Fclasses%2Ftopics%2Freading%2Fasimov.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThree+Laws+of+Robotics" class="Z3988"></span><span class="cs1-maint citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_book" title="Template:Cite book">cite book</a>}}</code>: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (<a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_bot:_original_URL_status_unknown" title="Category:CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown">link</a>)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-BBC2-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-BBC2_26-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A455898">"<span class="cs1-kern-left"></span>'The Complete Robot' by Isaac Asimov"</a>. 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Wu</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>Predator</i></li> <li><i>Marauder</i></li> <li><i>Warrior</i></li> <li><i>Dictator</i></li> <li><i>Emperor</i></li> <li><i>Invader</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i>Robot City</i> series</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Isaac_Asimov%27s_Robot_City:_Odyssey" title="Isaac Asimov's Robot City: Odyssey">Odyssey</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Isaac_Asimov%27s_Robot_City:_Suspicion" title="Isaac Asimov's Robot City: Suspicion">Suspicion</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Isaac_Asimov%27s_Robot_City:_Cyborg" title="Isaac Asimov's Robot City: Cyborg">Cyborg</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Isaac_Asimov%27s_Robot_City:_Prodigy" class="mw-redirect" title="Isaac Asimov's Robot City: Prodigy">Prodigy</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Isaac_Asimov%27s_Robot_City:_Refuge" title="Isaac Asimov's Robot City: Refuge">Refuge</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Isaac_Asimov%27s_Robot_City:_Perihelion" title="Isaac Asimov's Robot City: Perihelion">Perihelion</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Isaac_Asimov%27s_Robots_and_Aliens" title="Isaac Asimov's Robots and Aliens"><i>Robots and Aliens</i> series</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>Changeling</i></li> <li><i>Renegade</i></li> <li><i>Intruder</i></li> <li><i>Alliance</i></li> <li><i>Maverick</i></li> <li><i>Humanity</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Susan Calvin prequel series <br />(by <a href="/wiki/Mickey_Zucker_Reichert" title="Mickey Zucker Reichert">Mickey Zucker Reichert</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>I Robot: To Protect</i></li> <li><i>I Robot: To Obey</i></li> <li><i>I Robot: To Preserve</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Universe</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Positronic_brain" title="Positronic brain">Positronic brain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robopsychology" title="Robopsychology">Robopsychology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frankenstein_complex" title="Frankenstein complex">Frankenstein complex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Multivac" title="Multivac">Multivac</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Three Laws of Robotics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Robot_series_characters" title="List of Robot series characters">Characters</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Susan_Calvin" title="Susan Calvin">Susan Calvin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elijah_Baley" title="Elijah Baley">Elijah Baley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._Daneel_Olivaw" title="R. Daneel Olivaw">R. Daneel Olivaw</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Adaptations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Movies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Robots_(1988_film)" title="Robots (1988 film)">Robots</a></i> (1988 film)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bicentennial_Man_(film)" title="Bicentennial Man (film)">Bicentennial Man</a></i> (1999 film)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/I,_Robot_(film)" title="I, Robot (film)">I, Robot</a></i> (2004 film)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">TV series</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Foundation_(TV_series)" title="Foundation (TV series)">Foundation</a></i> (2021–present)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>Followed by: <a href="/wiki/Galactic_Empire_series" title="Galactic Empire series">The <i>Empire</i> series</a> and <a href="/wiki/Foundation_(book_series)" title="Foundation (book series)">The <i>Foundation</i> series</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Robotics" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" 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style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Outline_of_robotics" title="Outline of robotics">Outline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_robotics" title="Glossary of robotics">Glossary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Index_of_robotics_articles" title="Index of robotics articles">Index</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_robots" title="History of robots">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_robotics" title="Geography of robotics">Geography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robot_Hall_of_Fame" title="Robot Hall of Fame">Hall of Fame</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robot_ethics" title="Robot ethics">Ethics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laws_of_robotics" title="Laws of robotics">Laws</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robot_competition" title="Robot competition">Competitions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Competitions_and_prizes_in_artificial_intelligence" title="Competitions and prizes in artificial intelligence">AI competitions</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" 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robotics">BEAM robotics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soft_robotics" title="Soft robotics">Soft robotics</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Classifications</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Biorobotics" title="Biorobotics">Biorobotics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cloud_robotics" title="Cloud robotics">Cloud robotics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Continuum_robot" title="Continuum robot">Continuum robot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unmanned_vehicle" class="mw-redirect" title="Unmanned vehicle">Unmanned vehicle</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Unmanned_aerial_vehicle" title="Unmanned aerial vehicle">aerial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unmanned_ground_vehicle" title="Unmanned ground vehicle">ground</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mobile_robot" title="Mobile robot">Mobile robot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microbotics" title="Microbotics">Microbotics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nanorobotics" title="Nanorobotics">Nanorobotics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Necrobotics" title="Necrobotics">Necrobotics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robotic_spacecraft" class="mw-redirect" title="Robotic spacecraft">Robotic spacecraft</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Space_probe" class="mw-redirect" title="Space probe">Space probe</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swarm_robotics" title="Swarm robotics">Swarm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telerobotics" title="Telerobotics">Telerobotics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Autonomous_underwater_vehicle" title="Autonomous underwater vehicle">Underwater</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Remotely_operated_underwater_vehicle" title="Remotely operated underwater vehicle">remotely-operated</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robotic_fish" class="mw-redirect" title="Robotic fish">Robotic fish</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Robot_locomotion" title="Robot locomotion">Locomotion</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Continuous_track" title="Continuous track">Tracks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legged_robot" title="Legged robot">Walking</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hexapod_(robotics)" title="Hexapod (robotics)">Hexapod</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climber_(BEAM)" class="mw-redirect" title="Climber (BEAM)">Climbing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electric_unicycle" title="Electric unicycle">Electric unicycle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robotic_fin" class="mw-redirect" title="Robotic fin">Robotic fins</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Robotic_navigation" class="mw-redirect" title="Robotic navigation">Navigation</a> and <a href="/wiki/Robotic_mapping" title="Robotic mapping">mapping</a></th><td 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