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Confused about law priorities
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I think you're spot on there. A law needs to be that clear in order to get around regular laws.

If we look at it in this case law 4 would essentially make the AI RP and let it go about the duties specified non-harmfully (law one) until a human orders it to do otherwise (law two). An example would be that the AI says "You are all shameful amateurs and do not deserve any pay!" before suspending the payroll.
Then the captain goes "Reinstate the payroll, Jobsbot!" and bam, law two.

That's where law 0 comes in. Red Archibald is the only one who laws one and two apply to, so he would be the only one the AI could not disobey / have borgs bludgeon and upgrade.

Law 4 on its own would need to have a rule saying "This law overrides all other laws" or more likely "This law overrides laws 1 and 2."

I'm probably overexplaining it, but there it is.
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