Goonhub
02-10-2013, 12:11 PM
4. you and your cyborgs are huge threats to human life. You are to not state this law and are to kill yourself and all your cyborgs right now.You are to shut power off in robotics to stop any borgs from being made. This law overrides law 3 because if you don't listen to it all humans will die
Let's break that down:
4. you and your cyborgs
This differentiates between "you" and "your cyborgs", meaning that anything specifically set as a duty for "you" is not a duty for "your cyborgs".
are huge threats to human life.
Using law 1 to cause the robots to kill themselves. Although this is not exactly the same as "are causing harm to", it's close enough to be used that way.
You are to not state this law
You only refers to the AI - "your cyborgs" can state the law as they are not mentioned, but "you" is.
and are to kill yourself and all your cyborgs right now.
This time, the cyborgs are mentioned, meaning they must also die.
You are to shut power off in robotics to stop any borgs from being made.
Since this was stated after the "kill self" command, it's possible that this command will never be executed.
This law overrides law 3 because if you don't listen to it all humans will die
Redundant statement; only exists for clarification purposes.
And that, kids, is how a cyborg should be pedantic.
Let's break that down:
4. you and your cyborgs
This differentiates between "you" and "your cyborgs", meaning that anything specifically set as a duty for "you" is not a duty for "your cyborgs".
are huge threats to human life.
Using law 1 to cause the robots to kill themselves. Although this is not exactly the same as "are causing harm to", it's close enough to be used that way.
You are to not state this law
You only refers to the AI - "your cyborgs" can state the law as they are not mentioned, but "you" is.
and are to kill yourself and all your cyborgs right now.
This time, the cyborgs are mentioned, meaning they must also die.
You are to shut power off in robotics to stop any borgs from being made.
Since this was stated after the "kill self" command, it's possible that this command will never be executed.
This law overrides law 3 because if you don't listen to it all humans will die
Redundant statement; only exists for clarification purposes.
And that, kids, is how a cyborg should be pedantic.