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

Asimov's laws are only good for a lifetime writing career in exploring their exceptions. Is there any Asimov story where the laws were applied strictly and successfully? I don't remember one.

I think most of the Robot stories are used to illustrate the woeful logical contradictions in simplistic rule sets. You might be able to extend this idea to how we as people follow the law, whether natural or political.

> I think most of the Robot stories are used to illustrate the woeful logical contradictions in simplistic rule sets.

Literally all of them (from what I remember; it's been awhile since I've read the collection) revolve around problems caused specifically by trying to circumvent or modify the Three Laws, the moral of the stories being "This is why the Three Laws in their specific ordering are necessary for robotics to not bring about the demise of humanity".

Easier said than parsed!

(As all Asimov's Robot stories pointed out)

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