In 1942 Isaac Asimov, the science fiction writer, wrote a short story about robots and developed what would be regarded as the definitive approach to a “law” of robotics. It was this: A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. A robot must obey [...]
This morning my colleague Chris Gilbey and I had one of these heated philosophical discussions on the topic of who lobbied whom first for the digital rights distribution of music. I claimed that it was the music industry that clubbed Apple into submission and Chris stated that it was Jobs who had the foresight [...]
Yet another example of a possible sci-fi future becoming reality. This ABC article reports on South Korea's proposal to issue a Robot Ethics Charter. “…the guidelines are expected to reflect laws put forward by Isaac Asimov in his 1942 short story Runaround. These are: Robots may not injure humans or, through inaction, allow humans to [...]