Re: brin: the three laws of robotis are evil, why they must beeradicated

2003-04-05 Thread The Fool
From: d.brin [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Alberto Monteiro Perhaps, but then the laws are actually designed for a different specific purpose, that is to prevent the robots from doing things like killing all humans, or becoming bloody dictators. The laws are to protect humans, not to harm

Re: brin: the three laws of robotis are evil, why they must beeradicated

2003-04-03 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: J. van Baardwijk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: brin: the three laws of robotis are evil, why they must be eradicated Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2003 22:34:01 +0200 At 13:24 31-03-03 -0800, David Brin wrote: Perhaps, but then the laws are actually designed for a different specific purpose, that is

Re: brin: the three laws of robotis are evil, why they must beeradicated

2003-04-01 Thread G. D. Akin
- Original Message - From: d.brin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 6:24 AM Subject: Re: brin: the three laws of robotis are evil, why they must be eradicated From: Alberto Monteiro Perhaps, but then the laws are actually

Re: brin: the three laws of robotis are evil, why they must beeradicated

2003-03-31 Thread The Fool
From: Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] While discussing the Foundation and Robots Trilogy in one Asimov list, I suddenly saw myself justifying why it's ok to change Daneel from the God's Tool to the Galactic Evil Overlord. And then I had to think - and criticize - the Three Laws. And

Re: brin: the three laws of robotis are evil, why they must beeradicated

2003-03-31 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 31 Mar 2003 at 12:41, The Fool wrote: From: Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] While discussing the Foundation and Robots Trilogy in one Asimov list, I suddenly saw myself justifying why it's ok to change Daneel from the God's Tool to the Galactic Evil Overlord. And then I had to

Re: brin: the three laws of robotis are evil, why they must beeradicated

2003-03-30 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 30 Mar 2003 at 22:14, Alberto Monteiro wrote: While discussing the Foundation and Robots Trilogy in one Asimov list, I suddenly saw myself justifying why it's ok to change Daneel from the God's Tool to the Galactic Evil Overlord. And then I had to think - and criticize - the Three Laws.

Re: brin: the three laws of robotis are evil, why they must beeradicated

2003-03-30 Thread d.brin
IMHO, the Three Laws are the most Evil thing Humanity has ever perpretrated in all the sf books I've ever read or movies I've watched. It's more evil than 1984's Big Brother, or the way anthropoids are treated in Planet of the Apes. I have an essay explaining many aspects of the Foundation