13: Three Laws Part One, or: How Robots Must Protect Humankind (Except Joe)

The Dollars and Sense of Westworld

Description

In which we explain what the Three Laws are, discuss the difficulties in implementing them in general and in Westworld in particular, all thanks to the help of a special guest. Meanwhile, Chris calls everyone dicks as our editor continues to show he doesn’t actually cut anything out of these episodes.

Links/Show Notes

• Dewey Decimal System
  • https://mypages.iit.edu/~smart/halsey/lesson1.htm
• I, Robot - the movie
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I,_Robot_(film)
• Asimov’s story about a non-humanoid robot
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runaround_(story)
• Arizona Iced Tea is always 99 cents
  • https://thehustle.co/arizona-iced-tea
• Run, Hide, Fight
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4IJA5Zpzz4
  • https://www.policeone.com/active-shooter/articles/190621006-Why-Run-Hide-Fight-is-flawed/
• Mike Pence
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Pence