Thanks to (who else?) Jonah Goldberg, I found this list of rules for robots, inspired by the Japanese rules for robots. A few of my favorites:
Rule #10 - Any robot who begins to behave illogically shall be immediately employed by the government.
Rule #85 - Robots are not allowed to appear on American Idol as contestants, because their ability to modulate their audio processors to sound like Bono gives them an unfair advantage.
Rule #89 - Robots may at no time play the bagpipes.
Rule #111 - Robots who become evil due to conflicted programming, ultra high doses of radiation, or warped artificial intelligence are considered automatically qualified to head programming at one of the major television networks in the U.S. or Britain.
Peggy U says:
Heheheh … will have to pass this along to our robotics interest group …
March 13, 2007, 1:02 am