The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence, An Overview

Peter McClard
6 min readSep 9, 2022

Issac Asimov proposed a famous set of Three Laws for the ethical operation of robots in society.

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…

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Peter McClard

As a creative type, entrepreneur and philosopher, I write on many topics and try to offer solutions to, or useful insights into common problems.