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Science Fiction, AI & The Fourth Law of Robotics

On using science fiction writing to envision and predict the future, the Three Laws of Robotics by Isaac Asamov, and a Fourth Law for the 21st century.

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Tobias Mark Jensen
Apr 29, 2025
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Image source: David Meltzer/NASA (1975)

I received a friendly challenge from Conrad Gray to write about the “Fourth Law of Robotics” as proposed by Dariusz Jemielniak in IEEE Spectrum.

The challenge is hereby accepted.

Do you, dear reader, have any suggestions on topics you would like to see me cover, feedback, or other kinds of inputs? Please don’t hesitate to mess…

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