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gs17 • today at 8:02 PM • 0 replies • view on HN

> A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.

The trolley problem with this would be an Asimov story (it's pretty close already). Pulling the lever injures a human, not pulling the lever allows a human being to come to harm via inaction. The positronic robot probably ends up stuck trying to pull and not pull the lever at the same time.