“The Three Laws of Robotics:
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;
The Zeroth Law: A robot may not harm humanity, or, by inaction, allow humanity to come to harm.”
― Isaac Asimov, I, Robot
Asimov stated in a 1986 interview on the Manhattan public access show Conversations with Harold Hudson Channer with Harold Channer with guest co-host Marilyn vos Savant, “It’s a little humbling to think that, what is most likely to survive of everything I’ve said… After all, I’ve published now… I’ve published now at least 20 million words. I’ll have to figure it out, maybe even more. But of all those millions of words that I’ve published, I am convinced that 100 years from now only 60 of them will survive — The 60 that make up the Three Laws of Robotics.”