> [!cite] > Vest, Floyd. ‘Isaac Asimov’s “Three Laws of Robotics”’. *The List of Lists*, Eclectic Esoterica, \[Auburn University], 2001. [https://webhome.auburn.edu/~vestmon/robotics.html](https://webhome.auburn.edu/~vestmon/robotics.html). --- 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. [[Isaac Asimov’s “Three Laws of Robotics”|(Vest 2001, n.p.)]]