The Three, or Many, Laws of Bureaucracy

(Responding to Dave Nicholas on sff.net, about using AI in a bureacracy . . . )

Maybe, Dave, it's worth deconstructing Asimov's Three Laws in this regard.

1. A bureaucrat may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
2. A bureaucrat must obey any orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
3. A bureaucrat must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Sec...