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Immediate vs. long-term harm: Would a robot prevent a person from attempting a dangerous stunt, or would it interfere with a child's risky play?
Scale and morality of inaction: Should a robot intervene in systemic issues like climate change or nuclear proliferation? The law doesn't specify scope or ethical priorities, leaving it open to misinterpretation or inaction.
Movies like I, Robot dramatize this dilemma, where AI refuses to intervene in human conflicts, viewing non-interference as a violation of the first law.
Serious Ethical Vulnerabilities of the Second Law
The second law mandates obedience to humans, barring actions that harm them. But it ignores ethical considerations beyond humans. For example: