AI safeguards theme

Ways in which AI can be made safe from becoming kill-all-human machines are discussed. Isaac Asimov's three laws of robotics is a popular example.

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Collection: Murderbot (2025) major The SecUnits were installed with governor modules that prevented them from harming humans, and obliged them to follow orders. A premise of the story is that Murderbot had hacked its own governor module.
movie: Futureworld (1976) major We saw the androids in an android amusement park try to take over the place and kill all the humans there in the process, even though the people were assured that the park was perfectly safe.
movie: Westworld (1973) major The people running the park were unjustifiably confident that safeguards were in place to keep their androids from running amok.
murderbot1x08 minor In the space opera Murderbot liked to watch, the Navigation Bot assured the crew that that she was incapable of endangering their lives shortly before dooming them out of revenge for having wiped her memories of her former lover.
rh2012e1x04 minor Leo disabled Rick's "Asimov constraints" so that the Hubot could better satisfy Therese's needs.
rh2012e1x05 minor Leo disabled Rick's "Asimov constraints" so that the Hubot could better satisfy Therese's romantic needs.
rh2012e1x06 minor The lawyer raised the idea that Therese and Pilar might have illegally disabled the safety protocols of their respective Hubot boyfriends.
voy2x13 minor how to prevent them from going haywire