Such robots are a violation of Asmimov's Three Laws of Robotics.
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 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 Law.
Although if a fourth law were to be written, it might say "A robot will defend the innocent from evil". But Isaaic Asimov was a fiction writer and like works of fiction, I suppose they should be taken lightly. Or maybe not...
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I LOVE THE CAPS LOCK KEY @ Oct 8th 2007 10:34PM
Such robots are a violation of Asmimov's Three Laws of Robotics.
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 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 Law.
Although if a fourth law were to be written, it might say "A robot will defend the innocent from evil". But Isaaic Asimov was a fiction writer and like works of fiction, I suppose they should be taken lightly. Or maybe not...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Laws_of_Robotics