In envisioning how machines will replace humans, Kevin Kelly breaks down our relationship with robots into four categories.
Complement with Ellen Ulman’s Close to the Machine.
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Isaac Asimov explains his three laws of robotics:
First Law: A robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
Second Law: A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
Third Law: A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
Also see Asimov on creativity in education and science.
Quadrotor robots designed and built at the University of Pennsylvania perform the James Bond theme by playing various instruments, including the keyboard, drums and maracas, a cymbal, and the debut of an adapted guitar built from a couch frame.
