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		bakul on Feb 15, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: We're hearing about troubles at Nest The 1st law of robotics: a robot must not do any harm to a human through its action or allow harm through its inaction. The 2nd law of robotics: a robot must obey an order given to it by a human, except when in conflict with the first law. Seems like the Nest thermostat isn't built to obey the above laws!

EdiX on Feb 15, 2016 | [–]

Those are the old laws, the new law is "humans are stupid, algorithms know better"

DrScump on Feb 15, 2016 | [–]

"Open the pod bay doors, Hal."

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