>In case you haven't read Asimov, the three laws are, in order of
>priority and paraphrased:
>1.Through action or inaction on the part of the robot, a human life
>must not be taken.
>2.Through action or inaction on the part of the robot, the robot must
>not be destroyed.
>3.Through action or inaction on the part of the robot, a human command
>must not be disobeyed.
>
And don't forget the ever critical 0th law, introduced in _Robots and
Empire_, something about the preservation of humanity over and above the
individual in the laws described above.
Stephen Anfort <anforts@cadvision.com>
Calgary, AB, Canada
"The LAW OF NEGATIVE REVERSAL states that if something does not happen then
the exact opposite will happen, only in exactly the opposite manner from
that in which it did not happen." - Discordian Maxim