Assignment for Thu, 10/08:
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We as humans have some sense of the purpose of Asimov's three laws.
Are they infallible in upholding this purpose?  

(1) Develop a scenario in which the tree laws don't work as their
architects might have intended.  Think of this as a debugging
exercise.

(2) Propse a fix for scenarios like the one you discovered.

(3) Can you now find a flaw in your modified versions of the laws?

I'd like written discussions of the above turned in.  Also please use
a scenario other than one human killing another, since we mentioned
this in class.

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-We had a quiz over the _I, Robot_ reading today.
-We saw a short clip from show, The Big Bang Theory.
-Discussion about I, Robot:

-Other dilemmas caused by Fundamental Laws

-Poll them on how they feel about Gloria's relationship to Robbie; is it weird to them?
 -Are Gloria's emotions towards Robbie "real"? (in general, emotional attachment to nonliving things)
   -Might compare to unrequited love -- is it real if reciprocation doesn't occur?
   -Are such emotions healthy?
-Does Robbie portray emotions?
  -If so, are they "real"?
  -Is Robbie capable of emotions?
  -Define "real"
  -Can "floating heads" have real emotions?
  -How about cloned brains endowed with artificial sensors?
  -How about synthetically constructed brains...?

-Use Runaround to discuss complex systems and unexpected behavior
  -Three laws discussion
    -Is contradiction possible?
  -Compare to programming (distill some goal into a precise representation)
   (i.e. things rarely work as we expect them to, even for simple systems)
  -Contrast Powell and Donovan and what they represent