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Why Asimov's Laws of Robotics Don't Work - Computerphile
Rob Miles explains for Computerphile why simple rule sets like Asimov's Three Laws cannot make robots and AI safe. Terms like harm and human are too ambiguous to specify precisely.
Why HN readers recommended it
Pointed to in AI safety debates as a short explanation of why encoding human values as simple rules is so hard.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Computerphile
- Topic
- ai safety
- Format
- explainer
- Level
- intro
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 6
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2015–2023
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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That would be good in theory but might not be so good, interesting thoughts on the subject from Computerphile - Why Asimov's Laws of Robotics Don't Work - [VIDEO]
bauc on Hacker News · 2015-12
In new TLD: .BOTI found this video insightful on the matter from Computerphile: [VIDEO] Where they argue that basically having an AI follow these laws is impossible because it would require rigorous definition of terms that are universally ambiguous and solving ethics.
ornornor on Hacker News · 2023-03
In Ask HN: How are you using GPT to be productive?
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