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From: dc@datlog.co.uk ( David Crone )
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Subject: Re: Idea for a Christmas present?
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Date: Thu, 16-Jan-86 04:33:25 EST
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In article <745@tpvax.fluke.UUCP> inc@fluke.UUCP (Gary Benson) writes:
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>>    "A much more sinister arrival on the robot scene is named Prowler.
>> Created by Robot Defense Systems in Colorado, Prowler has been designed
>> for use as a sentry to guard ...
>>                                         -- US Air magazine
>> -- JP Massar, Thinking Machines Corporation, Cambridge, MA
>
>
>Not to worry, JP. As anyone who's read Isaac Isamov can tell you, the
>First Law of Robotics will always prevail. *IF* Prowlers are ever built,
>they would experience the equivalent of a nervous breakdown the first time
>they were confronted with a situation where their programming ran contrary
>to one of the the Three Laws.
>
>			       Ensign Benson
>			       -Space Cadet-

The Three Laws of Robotics are great as long as someone remembers to program
the robot to follow them.....

				Dave (19th Nervous Breakdown) Crone