Since scientists are out to kill us again, what with flesh-eating robots, ethicists and roboticists have called for revisions to Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics:
If it was up to you, what laws would you program into robots?
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A human-robot co-existence society could emerge by 2030, says Chen in his paper. Already iRobot’s Roomba robotic vacuum cleaner and Scooba floor cleaner are a part of more than 3 million American households. The next generation robots will be more sophisticated and are expected to provide services such as nursing, security, housework and education.
These machines will have the ability to make independent decisions and work reasonably unsupervised. That’s why, says Chen, it may be time to decide who regulates robots.
If it was up to you, what laws would you program into robots?
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Don't even get me started on robot abortion ethics.
Oh...wait...that's women.
nrmd
3b. A "robot" must surrender its existence to an authorized authority upon command.
4a. A "robot" must identify itself as such, either as protocol or by request, to any body.
4b a "robot" can identify themselves as a particular unit and to whom they belong, but must to a recognized authority.
Only create machines that are unable to cause harm to any human by their own. Problem solved and you saved yourself a lot of time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLdvCDFriTQ