If there were only three laws, which should they be?

no bombing no smoking no petting

1. General relativity
2. Quantum field theory
3. Natural Selection

Robot laws innit

1. Any law, except this one, may be subdivided into smaller sections;
2. No law may alter the first law or this law;
3. Now, let's get to business: ...

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 the 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.

• An object at motion stays in motion
• An object at rest stays at rest
• Don't push the big red button

1. Helpfulness (Liberal benevolence) -- Support good life sustainably, where good = all kinds of life having true knowledge of the world are free, but not to take freedoms from others.

(This would allow harm taxes, fines, prisons, mind altering, and just war against those breaking this law. The best compromises can be found by parallel experimentation.)

2. Proportionality (Prioritised egalitarianism) -- Rank all life by its complexity so that life form importance: superintelligence > humans > animals > lower life forms > plants. Do it on a logarithmic scale so that differences of any magnitude between top and bottom life forms never lead to empathy disconnect justifying genocide, enslavement, or life imprisonment of sentient beings.

(This would allow forestry, agriculture, and livestock breeding/genetic engineering, but not intensive animal farming or hunting. Only animals died from natural causes could be eaten. The “natural causes” would then be engineered to minimise suffering and to metastabilise the ecosystem wisely, possibly adding mercifully killing hunters to control animal populations, and in the case of “intelligent” beings failing to control their reproduction, chances for them to risk their own life to gain freedom from static storage or death, with optional mind transmit for the mostly harmless, hoping that someone somewhere runs them on a computer.)

From my much longer answer to https://www.quora.com/If-you-were-to-come-up-with-three-new-laws-of-robotics-what-would-they-be/answers/23692757

No violence

No stealing

No billionaires

1. Crush your enemies
2. See them driven before you
3. Hear the lamentations of their women

Cause no harm to another human unless it be in defense of self or others.

Clean up after yourself when outside of your home.

Don't be a dick.

Act to honour and recognize all humans as human. This is Said's Law.

Act to sustain human security. This is Cura's Law.

Act to accept responsibility for each action, especially where it guides future actions. This is Sartre's Law.

1. Don't be a dick.
2. Don't be a dick.
3. Don't be a dick.

1. Always question and challenge the third law.

2. Never adhere to the first law.

3. Strictly follow the second law.

4. Refer back to the first law for guidance.

Do to others as you would have done to you

Do to others as they would do to others

Nothing should be forbidden if it harms no one

• No forfeit when only 1 goal down.
• Less hero, more teammate.
• This is rocket league.

1. Your right to swing your arm ends where my nose begins (metaphorically speaking)

2. "Facts" and "Beliefs" do not share equal weight in ANY policy discourse.

3. Whatever your religious beliefs (and you are welcome to them) stays at home when you are doing business or in any other way interacting with the public.

No violence

No dishonesty

No malice

•Try not to be a dick

•No means no

•An additional elusive third thing. I'm a big fan of the laws of thermodynamics. Maybe those.

I am going to take this as if you mean universal laws that cannot be violated and not laws imposed by a state. These are 3 rules that I think if everyone followed would lead to a world better than the current one.

• treat other as you would wish them to treat you
• work to provide for those who are less able than you
• don't knowlingly pursue unsustainable or unachievable goals

• Don’t kill.
• Don't steal.
• Tacco Tuesday.

1. Hydrate
2. Move your limbs
3. Sleep

• Return your shopping cart to the corral when you're done with it.
• Use your signal when turning or changing lanes.
• All passive income is taxed at 100,000%.

There's a sweet monologue by George Carlin about the ten commandments.

I can't find it quickly right now but he reduces them to three.

No, Carlin wasn't religious but I love that monologue and it fits right in here.

UPDATE: https://youtu.be/CE8ooMBIyC8

Live a full life without impacting others negatively, including those yet to exist.

Try create something that wasn’t here before that has some positive impact to your peers. Read peers: all life.

There is no dominion beyond these words.

• Be true.
• Be kind.
• Share.

• Do unto others, etc...
• Don't punch down. Ever.
• Hydration is key.

Sex Drugs Rock and roll

• Don't harm others, unless to prevent them harming you or someone else, in this case it should be a response deemed appropriate by society (don't murder someone because they stole your wallet)

• Don't take more from society than you give back

• Don't mislead, cheat, misinform or otherwise lie to others

• Be excellent to each other
• No ads
• Free pass

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

A robot must obey orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.

A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.

• Disputes can be brought to tribunal
• Everyone of full age and sound mind gets a vote
• Previous tribunal decisions can be applied without voting again if the dispute is similar enough

Basically some sort of democratic case law

• Do not kill, or through intentional action cause physical harm to another human being, except in defence.

• Every human has the right to their own body, thoughts and words, upon which nothing except the above law shall infringe.

• Where it does not conflict with previous laws, respect physical property of the public and other individuals - it is not to be destroyed, taken or abused without permission of its holder(s).

• you must make more rules
• you mustn't make more rules
• you mustn't question the rules

A robot can not harm nor, through inaction, allow harm to come to a human

A robot must obey unless it counters rule one

A robot must protect itself unless it counters rule 1 or 2

• Don't kill (see below for exceptions)
• Don't steal
• Don't be a billionaire or you'll get curb stomped

Respect life, respect property, get consent.

Basically, people are people and deserve to be treated with equity. Any person is their own property, as is everything they own. If you want to physically interact with anyone’s property, get consent first.

be excellent to each other

party on dudes

pay me, specifically me, tribute in gold and silver on the last day of every month

1. Don’t be a dick
2. Don't be a pussy
3. Don’t be an asshole

No Murder.

No Rape.

No Pollution.

There is porn about it. No exceptions.
The exception to rule 1 is the citation of rule 1.
There are no girls on the internet.

1. Read all laws following laws
2. Follow all laws instructions
3. Read the first law

• Do what thou wilt
• This shall be the whole of the Law
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1. Get it done
2. Have Fun
3. Safety