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The Second Law states A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. So you're saying by refusing to save the girl as ordered ...

The film appears to operate on anachronistic Asimov mechanics What we would have here is likely a first-law vs first-law conflict. Since the robot can not save both humans, one would have to die. I, ...

The simplest answer is that the sequence was from an earlier time period several years (a decade?) earlier, one in which auto-driving was presumably less common or else why would they need a truck ...

I am going to look at this question from a logical real-world point of view. The robot does not break the second law; but technically, it does break the second. That said, the rules would only be a ...

The hologram has a limited set of responses; as noted by repeated answers of, "I'm sorry, my responses are limited. You must ask the right question." Lanning didn't want Spooner going down the rabbit ...

So, the first law as a black-and-white rule doesn't really work without some finagling, because (as mentioned by other answers) of triage. My interpretation of how the movie implements the laws is ...

It's been a long time since I read Asimov's works, I can't personally link to you every detail or idea to the book counterpart, but the Similarities with the book section of the Wikipedia article of ...

They're perfectly implemented (the robots really do have to obey them), but the humans in the story didn't consider the consequences they would lead to when robots gained enough power to feasibly ...

The core of almost every one of Asimov's robot stories is about the interaction of the laws of robotics with each other and through the stories you can glean a lot of how Asimov considered his robots ...

Having read Asimov extensively, I can positively state that VIKI is not a character from one of Isaac's stories. Actually, the whole basis of VIKI's behavior is more closely tied to the core ...

I believe I have read all of Asimov's robot stories and novels and my perception was that the Three Laws are just verbal summaries (like the three laws of thermodynamics) which generalise a large ...

The 3 laws: "A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. A robot must obey orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict ...

I think the Robot didn't break the 2nd Law. Here's how I imagine the Robot working: The Robot continuously checks for the 3 Laws. Law 1: The Robot has to save either will smith or the child. Since ...