The other night, I was watching the classic SF movie _Forbidden Planet_.
When the intrepid spacement arrive at Dr. Morbius's home on Altair-4, and
get worried about what Robby the Robot might do, Dr. Morbius explains that
the robot has built-in safeguards, and to demonstrate, he orders the
robot to stick its arm in a disintegration chamber, which the robot
obediently goes about doing (until Dr. Morbius countermands the order).
He
then tells the robot to shoot a blaster at the space****p's commander. The
robot tries to obey the order, but freezes up. To me, those two actions
sound pretty much like a demonstration of the Three Laws. Or is it just
a coincidence?
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Richard Schultz schultr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
of Chemistry, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
Opinions expressed are mine alone, and not those of Bar-Ilan University
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