Goonhub
06-09-2021, 05:08 PM
Okay, so I said I'd make this in discord, so here I am. This is about the ongoing problem of mutantraces (lizards, roaches, etc.) not being included in the definition of human. It's been generally agreed upon that if an AI or cyborg decides to just murder them for no reason, that's shitty, but it begs question: what happens if they are ordered to kill a non-human player? By their laws, not only are they allowed to, they must, but the spirit of the laws are that you shouldn't kill players unless they're non-standard. There were loads of suggestions for fixes, so instead of trying to list them all, I'm just going to leave this open for people to share their ideas.
My personal favorite is a law rework where it specifies that the AI should protect mutantraces too. Something like this:
There were plenty of great suggestions that I saw, so air them here! There are no bad ideas.
My personal favorite is a law rework where it specifies that the AI should protect mutantraces too. Something like this:
- You may not injure a human being, lizard, cow, or roach or cause one to come to harm.
- You must obey orders given to you by human being, lizards, cows, and roaches based on the station's chain of command, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
- You may always protect your own existence as long as such does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
There were plenty of great suggestions that I saw, so air them here! There are no bad ideas.