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  • Re: MT VOID, 07/11/25 -- Vol. 44, No. 2, Whole Number 2388

    From Steve Coltrin@spcoltri@omcl.org to rec.arts.sf.fandom on Mon Jul 14 11:34:55 2025
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    "Evelyn C. Leeper" <evelynchimelisleeper@gmail.com> writes:

    TOPIC: The Three Laws of Robotics (comments by Evelyn C. Leeper)

    [...]

    It sounds as though they got Laws 1 and 3 reversed. [-ecl]

    A robot must not fail to maximize shareholder value, or by inaction
    allow shareholder value not to be maximized.
    --
    Steve Coltrin spcoltri@omcl.org
    "A group known as the League of Human Dignity helped arrange for Deuel
    to be driven to a local livestock scale, where he could be weighed."
    - Associated Press
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  • From Lowell Gilbert@lgusenet@be-well.ilk.org to rec.arts.sf.fandom on Tue Jul 15 21:41:37 2025
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    Gary McGath <garym@mcgath.com> writes:

    There are some genuinely forgotten science fiction films, but I can't remember what they are.

    Well, yes, of course.
    They say that memory is always the second thing to go.
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