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a robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.”
“a robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.”
a robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws.”
These are facts which, with the self-evident proposition
that no being can create another being superior to itself, smashes your silly hypothesis to nothing.”
“Positronic brains were constructed that contained the positive aspect only of the Law, which in them reads: ‘No robot may harm a human being.’ That is all.
The Eastern Region a—Area: 7,500,000 square miles b—Population: 1,700,000,000 c—Capital: Shanghai
The Tropic Region:
a—Area: 22,000,000 square miles b—Population: 500,000,000 c—Capital: Capital City
The European Region a—Area: 4,000,000 square miles b—Population: 300,000,000 c—Capital: Geneva
The Northern Region a—Area: 18,000,000 square miles b—Population: 800,000,000 c—Capital: Ottawa
The Machine is only a tool after all, which can help humanity progress faster by taking some of the burdens of calculations and interpretations off its back. The task of the human brain remains what it has always been; that of discovering new data to be analyzed, and of devising new concepts to be tested.
Earth (Including the uninhabited continent, Antarctica) a—Area: 54,000,000 square miles (land surface) b—Population: 3,300,000,000 c—Capital: New York
