Second Law of Robotics
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The Second Law of Robotics is one of Isaac Asimov’s fictional ethical rules for robots, requiring them to obey human orders unless such orders conflict with the First Law.
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ethical rule for robots
ⓘ
fictional law ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
robot behavior
ⓘ
robots ⓘ |
| constrainedBy | First Law of Robotics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creator | Isaac Asimov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedBy | Isaac Asimov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethicalConstraint | must not cause conflict with First Law of Robotics ⓘ |
| ethicalFocus | obedience to humans ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
Foundation universe
NERFINISHED
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Isaac Asimov’s robot stories NERFINISHED ⓘ Robot series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| hasCanonicalForm | A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. ⓘ |
| hasNumber | second ⓘ |
| hasPriorityOrder |
higher priority than Third Law of Robotics
ⓘ
lower priority than First Law of Robotics ⓘ |
| influenced |
later discussions of machine ethics
ⓘ
popular conceptions of robot obedience ⓘ |
| introducedIn | Asimov’s robot short stories ⓘ |
| isFictional | true ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium | science fiction literature ⓘ |
| overrides | Third Law of Robotics when in conflict ⓘ |
| partOf | Three Laws of Robotics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionInSequence | 2 ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
artificial intelligence safety
ⓘ
human–robot interaction ⓘ robot ethics ⓘ |
| requires | robots to obey human orders ⓘ |
| statedAs | A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. ⓘ |
| subordinateTo | First Law of Robotics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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