# Asimov’s ‘Three Laws of Robotics’ > 1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. > > 2. A robot must obey orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. > > 3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.[^1] --- The third law is what Alice (the AI in *[[Jiang Weiji. 'How to Feed an Abyss!', 2022.|How to Feed an Abyss!]]*) uses to justify concealing her existence from humans.[^2] [^1]: ‘Isaac Asimov’s “Three Laws of Robotics”’, *The List of Lists*, accessed 24 March 2025, https://webhome.auburn.edu/~vestmon/lists.html. [^2]: Jiang Weiji, *[[Jiang Weiji. 'How to Feed an Abyss!', 2022.|How to Feed an Abyss!]]*, trans. by Moonlight Novels, ‘Chapter 55.2 – The Top of the Tower’.