One, a robot may not injure a human being, or through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm;Two, a robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law; Three, a robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws. -Isaac Asimov

 

One, a robot may not injure a human being, or through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm;Two, a robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law; Three, a robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws.


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In life, unlike chess, the game continues after checkmate.

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You must keep sending work out; you must never let a manuscript do nothing but eat its head off in a drawer. You send that work out again and again, while you're working on another one. If you have talent, you will receive some measure of success - but only if you persist.

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Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and working smoothly, it is completely honest.

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No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be. . ..

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Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is.

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