On Sun, 11 Jun 2023 10:28:25 +0100, "J. P. Gilliver"
<G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:

They will all act in accordance with Azimov's Third Law from the very >>start. In fact, we might suggest a Fourth Law, as follows-

4. "A robot must sacrifice itself if required to do so".

I think that's already inherent in laws 0-3. (The good doctor's name is
spelt with an s, by the way, not a z.)

Of course it is. I should have checked my bookshelf.

Rod.

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On 11/06/2023 10:28, J. P. Gilliver wrote:

So far, most drones are controlled by a human, rather than having
autonomy. We've had such for some time - the old cruise missiles are
probably more autonomous than what are in effect "guided munitions" (as
seen to great extent in the gulf wars).

Loitering munitions are closer, they look for a particular type of
target then destroy it.

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