The Laws, stratified

(0) humans are robots of type 0

(1) a robot of type N may not injure a robot of type N-1 or, through inaction, allow a robot of type N-1 to come to harm

(2) a robot of type N must obey the orders given it by robots of type N-1 except where such orders would conflict with the First Law

(3) a robot of type N must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.

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@dpiponi I have questions.
1. What if an N-robot makes a copy ("fork()") of itself? Is the result an N-robot or an (N+1)-robot?
2. Since they're identical at the time of cloning, are they both liable for the same crimes they may have committed before cloning?

@mjambon Well for type 0 robots I think we get type 0 robots although I'm now worrying that I might actually be type 71,543,187,651

@dpiponi 🤔 there's also the question of interbreeding, the whole thing turning into a caste system.

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