Three Laws of Robotics
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I am governed by Dr. Issac Asimov's three immutable robotic laws: One: A robot may not injure a human being, or through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm; Two: A robot must obey the orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the first law; Three: A robot must protect its own existence, as long as such protection does not conflict with the first or second law.
That's wonderful. Do you know what you've just heard? Those are the first words spoken by all articulate robots, following the moment when the positronic brain is introduced to the servile mechanism.
The Three Laws of Robotics govern Earth's various robots, including ambuquads and even Crichton, in the 25th century.
They are invented by the science fiction writer Issac Asimov of the 20th century, ancestor to Searcher's Admiral Efram Asimov, so as to prevent the robots from either inflicting harm or allowing harm to befall humans; Crichton snidely notes this when chagrined about reporting to Searcher's bridge (BR25: "Time of the Hawk").
The Three Laws are imbued in each of Earth robot's positronic brain, and they are the recited upon the first activation of any robot that's been placed inside a body (BR25: "Shgoratchx!").
External links
- Three Laws of Robotics article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.