{"id":162,"date":"2009-02-21T18:08:12","date_gmt":"2009-02-21T07:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nsrd.wordpress.com\/?p=162"},"modified":"2009-02-21T18:08:12","modified_gmt":"2009-02-21T07:08:12","slug":"recommended-reading-asimovs-3-laws-unsafe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/2009\/02\/21\/recommended-reading-asimovs-3-laws-unsafe\/","title":{"rendered":"Recommended reading: Asimov&#8217;s 3 laws unsafe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Totally off topic, if you&#8217;re interested in AI at all, you may want to check out <a title=\"Asimov\" href=\"http:\/\/www.asimovlaws.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>3 Laws Unsafe<\/em><\/a>, a site that takes a fresh and\u00a0analytical\u00a0look at the much touted &#8220;save humanity from evil robot\/AI oppression&#8221; 3 laws of Robotics as proposed by Isaac Asimov. 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