Three Laws Of Robotics  IsaacAsimov's Three Laws of Robotics:
-- StevenNewton  IsaacAsimov wrote wonderful stories and novels
around these laws. Oh, and he invented the three laws. The
ThreeLawsOfRobotics are first spelled out in the story
"Runaround."  ArthurCeeClarke reports that Asimov said that he
first heard the laws from John Campbell. This may be a joke by
Asimov, or possibly Clarke.  The 0th Law  In the chapter "The
Duel" in Robots and Empire, Asimov first presents another law,
which he calls the Zeroth Law of Robotics, and adjusts the other
ones accordingly:   1. A robot may not harm a human, or through
inaction allow a human to come to harm, unless this interferes
with the zeroth law.  2. A robot must obey orders given to it by
a human being unless such orders interfere with the zeroth or
first laws.  3. A robot must defend its own existence unless
such defense interferes with the zeroth, first or second laws.
Does the zeroth law apply to programs in general? If so, there
are so many programs w