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“How does it is not?”
“We’re governed by laws that prevent us from doing any kind of mischief against a
human being ........”

“Oh! Is it? I am ignorant about them. What are they? Can you tell me?”

“Yes, why not Sunny.” Says Robbi, and continues.

“These laws are known as the ‘Laws of robotics.” They are also known as Asimov’s laws
of robotics .”

“Asimov’s laws? What’s this Asimov?”
Can you read 500 books altogether?
“A name!”
“Of what? A robot!”

“No! No! Sunny! Its the name of a famous science fiction writer. An extraordinary human
being who wrote more than 500 books on science and science fiction!”

“Wow! Five hundred books! I haven’t yet read 500 books!”

“His full name is Isaac Asimov. In 1940 he wrote a story which contained the laws that
did not allow a robot to harm a human being because he knew robots can be dangerous if
misguided.”
robotics : the science of designing
“Tell me, what are those laws?” and operating robots
inaction : lack of action
“Yes, Sunny. I will state the laws one by one.”

“First law; A robot may not injure a human being, through inaction , never allow a
human being to come to harm.”

“Fine! which means your good self can not harm me! I need not be scared of you!”
“Also, you would not allow harm come to me by sitting tight - oh! I mean, by standing

tight!”

“Perfectly right! And the second law.....”
“Yes, the second law?”

“A robot must always obey the orders given to it by human beings except where such
orders do not conflict with the first law.”

“Fine! sounds okay to me! After all, you obey all my orders.”

“The third law states that a robot must protect its own existence as long as such
protection does not come in conflict with the first and second laws.”

“That’s understandable! The next!”

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