Я, Робот
Evidence
Youprobablythinksoyourself,oryouwouldn’thavecomehere.
"Thetwomethodsofproofarethephysicalandthepsychological.Physically,youcandissecthimoruseanX-ray.Howtodothatwouldbeyourproblem.Psychologically,hisbehaviorcanbestudied,forifheisapositronicrobot,hemustconformtothethreeRulesofRobotics.Apositronicbraincannotbeconstructedwithoutthem.YouknowtheRules,Mr.Quinn?"
Shespokethemcarefully,clearly,quotingwordforwordthefamousboldprintonpageoneofthe"HandbookofRobotics."
"I’veheardofthem,"saidQuinn,carelessly.
"Thenthematteriseasytofollow,"respondedthepsychologist,dryly."IfMr.Byerleybreaksanyofthosethreerules,heisnotarobot.Unfortunately,thisprocedureworksinonlyonedirection.Ifhelivesuptotherules,itprovesnothingonewayortheother."
Quinnraisedpoliteeyebrows,"Whynot,doctor?"
"Because,ifyoustoptothinkofit,thethreeRulesofRoboticsaretheessentialguidingprinciplesofagoodmanyoftheworld’sethicalsystems.Ofcourse,everyhumanbeingissupposedtohavetheinstinctofself-preservation.That’sRuleThreetoarobot.Alsoevery’good’humanbeing,withasocialconscienceandasenseofresponsibility,issupposedtodefertoproperauthority;tolistentohisdoctor,hisboss,hisgovernment,hispsychiatrist,hisfellowman;toobeylaws,tofollowrules,toconformtocustom–evenwhentheyinterferewithhiscomfortorhissafety.
