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A robot may not harm a human being.
— Isaac Asimov - Three Laws of Robotics
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.
Issac Asimov
But these didn’t stop R. Giskard from coming up with the zeroth law:
A robot may not harm humanity, or, by inaction, allow humanity to come to harm.
Have you ever poured water into a glass and seen it shatter? Ever wondered why?
If the difference in temperature between the two substances – the water and the glass – is large enough, it can cause the glass to shatter. As the water and glass try to get into thermal equilibrium with each other, energy is transferred. As the glass rapidly changes temperature, it distorts.
The inside of the glass changes shape faster than the outside, as it’s in direct contact with the water, meaning that the glass is pulled apart, and breaks.
This demo is from our video explaining the zeroth law of thermodynamics. Watch the full film and check out our 2016 advent calendar, with 24 videos delving into the four laws of thermodynamics.
Christ. "Zeroth Law" from the Cathexis Motion Picture Soundtrack.
Cathexis: Motion Picture Soundtrack is the new album by Christ aka Chris H. 4th album by the ex Boards of Canada collaborator. A soundtrack album to the Japanese animation movie Cathexis. The soundtrack was made in close collaboration with award-winning Swedish / Japanese film-maker and contemporary artist Stefan Larsson (also known as Q-N-Q) and is a perfect counterpart to his up-coming digital movie release Cathexis. Christ’s music is often likened to that of fellow Scottish electronic group Boards of Canada. In fact, Chris H was an early participant in the nebulous Hexagon Sun collective from which BoC emerged and was a collaborator with the group until approximately 1995, appearing on the Twoism album, reissued by Warp in 2002. (Exile On Moan Street)
Full album stream
Christ. - Zeroth Law
One of my favorite new jams. This one is from the Cathexis soundtrack that came out this week. This super lush slow burner track was easily the standout track for me. It's like a sleepy slow train ride through the cosmos.