Yes, but after it hurts you it apologizes profusely.
A future robotic uprising may have just been equipped with a new tool, with the creation of an artificially intelligent machine capable of deciding whether or not to prick a person's finger.
Alexander Reben, a roboticist and artist based in Berkeley, California, told ABC News he wanted to create a machine that would spur debate around sci-fi author Isaac Asimov's "First Law" of robotics, which says a robot may not harm a human being, or by its inaction allow a human being to be harmed.
"I tried to develop something that was the least amount of injury possible and a pin does that because it makes you bleed," Reben said. "The interesting part, to me, are the ethical and philosophical ramifications of this existing."
If a person dares to put their finger near the robot, it will make a decision using an algorithm as to whether or not to prick the person's finger. Reben said the algorithm is set up in a specific way so even he cannot predict the robot's decision. Cont.
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