Old Sci-Fi Robotic Laws Could Cause The End Of the World
Asimov’s robot develops what he calls the Zeroth Law of Robotics, which states that: “A robot may not injure humanity, nor, through inaction, allow humanity to come to harm”.
The significance of the Zeroth Law is that it outweighs and supersedes all other Laws of Robotics: if a robot finds himself in a situation whereby he must murder one or more humans (a direct violation of the First Law of Robotics) in order to protect all of humanity (and preserve the Zeroth Law), then the robot’s positronic programming will require him to commit murder for humanity’s sake. Only highly advanced robots can comprehend this law.
Don’t tell Fake John Connor.
