I met someone last night who said they are working on implementing something similar to HAL 9000 of the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey.
me: “I remember that movie not ending well.”
him: “Right. But it’s been 20 years and we’ve learned a lot about the laws that govern robotics since then.”
me: “I also saw ‘I, Robot’, that movie with Will Smith where all the robots went crazy because the Three Laws lead to a dangerous conclusion…?”
him: “Right. How come movies always show the dark side of robotics? Robots don’t kill people. People use robots to kill people.”
me: “I supposed I shouldn’t get one of those robot vacuum cleaners then.”