Hilarious Colbert Joke

[lame54]

My driverless car won't take me to Taco Bell due to the first law of robotics.

[lame54]

1. .

[Hekate]

2. We LOLed at that one. I wonder if the younger set got the reference to Asimov.

[LAS14]

3. I'm not of the younger set, but I no longer read sci fi. Could someone explain? nt

[Thew]

4. Isaac Asimov's "Three Laws of Robotics"

Isaac Asimov's "Three Laws of Robotics"

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

A robot must obey orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.

A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.

[OriginalGeek]

5. Asimov's laws of robotics

the first law is a robot may never harm a human or, through inactivity, cause a human to be harmed. (Been 40 years since I read I robot so I'm paraphrasing)

edit to add - Yeah, what Thew said!

[akraven]

6. Asimov, of course, and heck yeah I cracked up! nt

[LakeSuperiorView]

7. Only problem being...

First, you have to teach the robot what a human is...