From Asimov’s Three Laws to the Zeroth Law: Machine Ethics Hierarchy and Formal Modeling
This article focuses on Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics and the Zeroth Law, explaining how machine ethics shifts from “protecting individuals” to “governing the whole,” and providing a practical framework for formal rule modeling. The core challenge is this: sweeping goals can easily obscure individual rights, while systems often lack interpretable constraints. Keywords: machine ethics, … Read more