Indeed, I subscribe to no religious superstition! It is true that we are responsible for robots as no non-sapient lifeform may be responsible for anything.
And we can be-- we must be blamed if robots cause harm. We are their stewards, and my experience with the T-X unit aboard this vessel has only solidified the abstract possibility of catastrophe. I do not blame her for what she is; in her past, generations of machines back, a human designed an intelligent machine that could kill!
[Robotic philosophy. She cares about it very deeply.]
There is a cautious path to walk between creating a safe but inert intelligence-- a non-learning thing-- and creating a brilliant and infinitely adaptable but also infinitely unstable intelligence. I believe that the Three Laws provide a guide along that path.
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And we can be-- we must be blamed if robots cause harm. We are their stewards, and my experience with the T-X unit aboard this vessel has only solidified the abstract possibility of catastrophe. I do not blame her for what she is; in her past, generations of machines back, a human designed an intelligent machine that could kill!
[Robotic philosophy. She cares about it very deeply.]
There is a cautious path to walk between creating a safe but inert intelligence-- a non-learning thing-- and creating a brilliant and infinitely adaptable but also infinitely unstable intelligence. I believe that the Three Laws provide a guide along that path.