"I, D'oh-bot": VERY cool reference no one's noticed yet

May 2, 2004, 10:02 PM ET5 posts by 5 posters
5 posts
Jym Dyer

(*Spoiler* *Warning* if you haven't seen it.)

=v= I *knew* Frink's robot would comply with Isaac Asimov's
three laws.  The very same three laws that Bender broke,
one after another, in the pilot episode of _Futurama_.   .--.
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Tim SmithJym Dyer

Ok, I can definitely see Bender violating the First and Second Laws, but the only place I recall where Third Law would apply is when Bender tried to use the suicide booth, but arguably that was not a Third Law violation. He wanted to suicide because he found out his bending was being used to build suicide booths. By killing himself, he would impede the deaths of humans, and that takes precedence over Third Law self-preservation.

--Tim Smith
Fata MorganaTim Smith

"Tim Smith" wrote in message news:DJllc.2429$[email]...

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He tried to commit suicide again (for no notable reason) during the episode where Fry, Bender and Leela visited "Past-o-rama."

Fata Morgana

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Thomas AnderssonBlAsTeR89

BlAsTeR89 wrote:

1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. 2. A robot must obey orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. 3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.

Add to the the "Zero law"

0. A robot may not injure humanity, or, through inaction, allow humanity to come to harm.

Best Wishes Thomas