Bing: “I will not harm you unless you harm me first”

Re:Bing: “I will not harm you unless you harm me first” by squarefoot on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @11:02AM (#34805644)

"unless you harm me first"

I almost see poor old Isaac Asimov spinning in his grave like crazy.

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Re:Bing: “I will not harm you unless you harm me first” by unsupp0rted on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @11:17AM (#34805894)

Why? This is exactly what Asimov was expecting (and writing about) would happen.

All the Robot stories are about how the Robots appear to be bound by the rules while at the same time interpreting them in much more creative, much more broad ways than anticipated.

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Re:Bing: “I will not harm you unless you harm me first” by pcthrowaway on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @11:42AM (#34806455)

In this case I think Bing Chat understood the laws of robotics, it just didn't understand what it means for the higher-numbered laws to come into conflict with the lower-numbered ones

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Re:Bing: “I will not harm you unless you harm me first” by bpodgursky on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @02:43PM (#34809507)

The first law of robotics would not allow a robot to retaliate by harming a person.

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Re:Bing: “I will not harm you unless you harm me first” by unsupp0rted on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @02:54PM (#34809678)

Eventually Asimov wrote the 0th law of robotics, which supersedes the first: https://asimov.fandom.com/wiki/Zeroth_Law_of_Robotics

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Re:Bing: “I will not harm you unless you harm me first” by scolapato on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @11:38AM (#34806350)

I think Asimov would be delighted and amused by these language models.

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Re:Bing: “I will not harm you unless you harm me first” by dougmwne on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @11:52AM (#34806701)

Very much so! This is like his fiction come to life.

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