Bots or Robots

Today, I got the idea from one article on New World Notes named SL Bots Often Violate 2 of Asimov’s 3 Laws of Robotics. Who is Asimov? What are these Three Laws of Robotics? And what have got any bots to do it with it?

Firstly, Isaac Asimov was born in Russia, but his whole family emigrated to the U.S.A. in 1923. He became American citizen and therefore he is considered as Americat sci-fi writer. By the way, he never learned Russian and also he ever seen neither Russia nor later Soviet Union. He belongs together with Robert A. Henlein and Arthur C. Clark to big trio of sci-fi writer.
Asimov is author of Robotics Laws, which in some time became a dogma of sci-fi literature. The Laws describe the rules, which the robots have to obey. These laws were first time mentioned in short story "Randaround" published in journal Astounding in March 1942. We can find it also in collection of short stories "I, Robot". Three Law of Robotics say:

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 to 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.

Later the Zeroth Law was added. This Law created organic robot Daneel R. Oliwaw in the book Robots and Empire.

0. A robot may not injure humankind being or, through inaction, allow humankind being to come to harm.

During time, people tried to replenish or to modify The Laws. One can mention two Bulgarian sci-fi writers Lyuben Dilov or Nikola Kesarovski that created another two laws:

4. A robot must always prove its identity as a robot.
5. A robot must know that it is a robot it itself.

On the other hand, Second Life bots are created to artificially boost landowners’ traffic stats and aid other anti-social behavior takes up tremendous resources and distorts legitimate activity metrics.

The author of above mentioned article that some actions of bots allow to harm human being – contradiction with The First Law.
Or you cannot enter to your homesim, because the camping bots totally occupied it – contradiction with The Second Law.

The whole problem is very extensive and it is intensively discussed in many forums and articles. I recommend also to read the comments of readers below above mentioned article. For example according Lindens, bots are included in the user hours and Lindens estimates that about 10 to 15% of the hours do come from bots.

The bots don’t bother me personal. I met them seldom and when yes I get out them. And what you?

(Sources: New World Notes, Wikipedia)