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  • Re: trans matters (still very OT!] Now hive minds etc. [still fairly OT

    From Roderick Stewart@21:1/5 to G6JPG@255soft.uk on Sun Jun 11 11:10:48 2023
    On Sun, 11 Jun 2023 10:28:25 +0100, "J. P. Gilliver"
    <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:

    They will all act in accordance with Azimov's Third Law from the very >>start. In fact, we might suggest a Fourth Law, as follows-

    4. "A robot must sacrifice itself if required to do so".

    I think that's already inherent in laws 0-3. (The good doctor's name is
    spelt with an s, by the way, not a z.)

    Of course it is. I should have checked my bookshelf.

    Rod.

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  • From MB@21:1/5 to J. P. Gilliver on Sun Jun 11 15:29:25 2023
    On 11/06/2023 10:28, J. P. Gilliver wrote:
    So far, most drones are controlled by a human, rather than having
    autonomy. We've had such for some time - the old cruise missiles are
    probably more autonomous than what are in effect "guided munitions" (as
    seen to great extent in the gulf wars).


    Loitering munitions are closer, they look for a particular type of
    target then destroy it.

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