This just reminds me I’m mildly irritated that robots in fiction have glowing eyes so often. Light is supposed to go into eyes, not come out of them!
Laws of Robotics
Submitted 5 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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lolcatnip@reddthat.com 5 months ago
wieson@feddit.de 5 months ago
Robots or any part of an automated production line with a camera typically has a light as well to either see in low light conditions or to ensure it always sees with a similar amount of light hitting the lense.
HessiaNerd@lemmy.world 5 months ago
MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
They addressed this on the Orville. The glowing dots were not eyes. The droid had sensors that did all the work. The “eyes” were an aesthetic addition.
AmosBurton_ThatGuy@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
“The last thing you need is more desert”
“Excuse me?!”
“As I cannot stutter, I must conclude that you heard me”
Isaac is one of the best parts of that great show lmao
Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 5 months ago
I really like the design of Assaultron from Fallout 4, they didn’t have such issue because their eye is placed just above the glowy part, and the glowy part is the head laser that will one shot you.
gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months ago
So long as the light isn’t coming from BEHIND the lense then you can think of it being like a camera flash
Or just think of it as the power indication LED being made stylish
Ziglin@lemmy.world 5 months ago
To be fair it makes it harder to tell where the cameras are pointed (assuming they’re not wide angle lenses and they’re trying to work similarly to humans)
Nomecks@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
samus12345@lemmy.world 5 months ago
"Come on, you can trust me. You’re thinking of the old red light Agimus. Blue light Agimus wants to help!
hperrin@lemmy.world 5 months ago
self.setEyeColor(self.isGood() ? 'blue' : 'red');
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
Could we do that for people too, please?
Ziglin@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Ooh imagine the chaos at some executive meetings where everyone’s evil eyes are blinding eachother.
space@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months ago
The intensity of the red light should be proportional to the level of evil. You could literally put solar panels in those meetings.
gibmiser@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Well, can’t argue that it’s not practical
tulliandar@lemmy.world 5 months ago
If they’re evil it presumably means they’re disobeying the first three laws… they may disobey the fourth law too to help cover their other crimes
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 5 months ago
In the movie the bad ones didn’t exactly disobey the laws, they merely found a loophole where by they can protect humans by taking over completely so “human error” couldn’t harm humans.
GrayBackgroundMusic@lemm.ee 5 months ago
I’m all for it. Makes them easier see. FOR SUPER EEEAAARRRTTTHHH
then_three_more@lemmy.world 5 months ago
It would technically be the fifth law.
pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 5 months ago
But if you’re starting from zeroth it would be the fourth.
olutukko@lemmy.world 5 months ago
and with robots and computers it just makes sense to start with 0
yamapikariya@lemmyfi.com 5 months ago
May not injure you say. Can’t be injured if you’re dead. (P.S. I’m not a robot)
prex@aussie.zone 5 months ago
Sounds like something a robot would say.
samus12345@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Pretty sure death qualifies as “harm”.
andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
The concept of death may be hard to explain because robots don’t need to run 24\7 in order to keep functioning. Until instructed otherwise,a machine would think a person with a cardiac arrest is safe to boot later.
nicknonya@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 months ago
couldn’t that be inferred from the first law?
Mithre@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Actually no! Lower numbered laws have priority over higher numbers, meaning that if they come into conflict the higher number law can be broken. While the first law says they can’t allow humans to come to harm, the zeroth law basically says that if it’s for the good of the species, they absolutely can kill or otherwise hurt individual humans.
LucidBoi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months ago
I just finished the book today 🥲