The Case Against Autonomous Killing Machines

[Dave Monroe]

http://io9.com/5920084/making-the-case-against-autonomous-killing-machines

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

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Laws_of_Robotics

"If our world survives, the next great challenge to watch out for will
come - you heard it here first - when the curves of research and
development in artificial intelligence, molecular biology and robotics
all converge. Oboy. It will be amazing and unpredictable, and even the
biggest of brass, let us devoutly hope, are going to be caught
flat-footed. It is certainly something for all good Luddites to look
forward to if, God willing, we should live so long."

http://www.nytimes.com/books/97/05/18/reviews/pynchon-luddite.html