[gtech1]

Yet those laws ( 4 actually, not 3 ) have deep social and psychological implications.

We actually lived laws 0 and 1 through the recent Covid pandemic.

law 0: A robot may not harm humanity, or, by inaction, allow humanity to come to harm.

law 1: A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm

How many people are able to place the _perceived_ good of the entire human race vs their own personal wants and beliefs ?

I've read all of Asimov and he's nothing short of a genius in predicting pretty much all the issues we are facing today.

[robotresearcher]

> 4 actually, not 3

Originally three. The zeroth law was a patch to try to (knowingly fail to) overcome the (deliberate) limitations of the three.

> We actually lived laws 0 and 1 through the recent Covid pandemic.

I don't recall robots having a significant role. What do you mean?

[gtech1]

Well, the way I saw it:

Getting vaccinated was not just for yourself, but for those around you that couldn't. So in a sense, kind of like law 0

And then the third one ( sorry, I had said first ) was to protect its own existence.

I saw it as putting aside personal interest vs the common good.

[imtringued]

He is implying the virus is a form of robot that isn't man made.