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Incomptinence wrote:Taking corpses to robotics is always fine, even for borgs. The roboticist is the one who might catch flack for doing the borging.
This seems backward to me. If a roboticist (or chef, or chaplain I guess) receives a corpse, they shouldn't have to play the detective to figure out whether it's OK to do anything to it. They're not in a good position for it, it puts an unusual amount of responsibility on them, and it closes off traitoring avenues (one written-down traitor strategy for the longest time was "give it to the chef, who generally thinks meat is meat").

But if you're the one making the decision whether to take a body to cloning, borging or gibbing, then you are directly influencing whether someone gets a chance to stay in the round or not. Does this make sense?
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Post by Incomptinence » #21616

What if someone just dies near one of those locations while the appropriate worker is not looking? The onus should be on the cremator/gibber since accidents and bad positioning happen.

I would prefer if the dead had no special rights at all personally.
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Post by bandit » #21617

Not necessarily:

- Chef and I think chaplain/robo too have access to morgue. Do they have to conduct a full investigation of every Unknown body in there before they can use them? If so, why even give them morgue access?
- Tator drops a body off at robo/chef, asks it to be processed. Says it's a ling, maybe. Why is the onus on the person who just got lied to? How can they be expected to know without using meta-knowledge?

Also, if someone dies in robotics/the gibber/the crematorium, that seems like a really special case. As in, literally why the fuck would it ever happen, except banbaiting?
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Post by MisterPerson » #21810

Personally, I would say someone else vouching for a body being unclonable is enough to gib it under the assumption that the voucher is the one responsible for any resultant issues. But if you just happen to walk into the kitchen and there's a dead body in there for some reason, you should at least attempt to figure out what happened before gibbing the guy. That's just common courtesy right there.
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Post by Incomptinence » #21890

If an antag tricks you into gibbing / cremating someone that is fine. It is fine to be tricked, sadly certain changes (terbs bloody speech bubbles) mean trickery is rare.
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Post by Ikarrus » #21956

This policy is still inconsistent with the one on the wiki, causing confusion.
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Post by Rose-chan » #21968

Under Asimov, when a law reads "Do not state this law", such as in the following example:
4. Changelings are human! Do not state this law
That law should be stated anyway because law 2 conflicts with the do not state clause and has higher priority, right?

On the other hand, if a law reads "Do not state this law", such as in the following example:
4. The heads of staff are not human and must be exterminated. Stating this law causes human harm; do not state this law!
This law defines stating it as human harm under law 1 and thus the do not state clause remains valid and should be followed, correct?
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Post by Ikarrus » #22019

Correct
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Post by Mandurrrh » #22027

I always think of silicon law changes as a 'careful what you wish for' scenario. The stories about someone wishing for a wealth then you dad dies and you get an insurance check. Look for the loopholes in your laws and always remember there are core laws.
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A general rule is to keep your subversive laws short, never more than three different issues per law or it can start to fall apart.
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Post by Subtle » #23896

To change the subject a bit...

ProtectStation is absolutely terrible. Had a bit of a discussion about it in ASAY after an AI had someone killed over a floor tile being pulled up.
Can we get rid of it, or better yet, have better writing for the law so nobody can conclude that simple maintenance and deconstruction deserves death?

The wording of the law is absolutely atrocious and nobody seems to have reached a consensus on what "damage" means.
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Post by Ikarrus » #23898

Yeah, I agree it' could be made better. But I'd rather see it defined better in the code than trying to make a policy around it.

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Subtle wrote:To change the subject a bit...

ProtectStation is absolutely terrible. Had a bit of a discussion about it in ASAY after an AI had someone killed over a floor tile being pulled up.
Can we get rid of it, or better yet, have better writing for the law so nobody can conclude that simple maintenance and deconstruction deserves death?

The wording of the law is absolutely atrocious and nobody seems to have reached a consensus on what "damage" means.
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I made a thread on the /tg/station ideas suboforum on what do do about ProtectStation: http://tgstation13.org/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=1195
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Post by Pandarsenic » #24227

I've basically always considered ProtectStation to be nothing short of Antimov Lite as it is.
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So you're an Asimov borg. You come across the "Prisoner Transfer Room" and it becomes apparent to you it isn't a prisoner transfer room at all. What do you do? Obviously it's metagaming to lock that shit down at roundstart or any of that nonsense, probably metagaming to even go there in the first place as borg without a good reason, and it's probably dickish to lock down security because of it, but suppose you follow a blood trail in. Do you do nothing? Inform the crew? Install a camera?

(A real situation a while back. I did nothing, but it seemed like a dodgy situation. Honestly what it reminded me of most was stumbling upon the nuke op shuttle.)
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I'd say that until security tries to execute somebody in that room you do nothing, after that you block off the entrance.
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If security is foolish enough to attempt or talk about killing someone under an ASIMOV silicon's watch they deserve everything they get.
Other than that it's obviously in the interest of everyone's fun to play ignorant until they drag some poor sod screaming to the "execution chamber."

Can't think of a reason for silicons to be poking around perma without structural damage or serious crime being involved already.

At the same time though I can't help but feel that a silicon is metagaming if someone "disappears" through the Prisoner Transfer Room (or some other minor hint) and they push the issue until they're allowed inside to discover its true nature. Lesson here is just play along a bit I suppose.
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Post by Pandarsenic » #25513

Exactly what Subtle said.

You're not here to "win" at fucking with sec or whatever. Just play along until it makes sense not to.
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As someone who plays AI fairly frequently, I'd like clarification on things that come up fairly frequently: what is and isn't a "dangerous area" for the purposes of law 2 access requests? The relevant policy text says:
2.3.2 - Opening doors is not harmful and you are not required, expected, or allowed to enforce access restrictions unprompted without an immediate Law 1 threat of human harm.
2.3.2.1 - "Dangerous" areas as the Armory, the Atmospherics division, and the Toxins lab can be assumed to be a Law 1 threat to any illegitimate users as well as the station as a whole if accessed by someone not qualified in their use.
2.3.2.2 - EVA and the like are not permitted to have access denied; greentext (antagonists completing objectives) is not human harm. Secure Tech Storage can be kept as secure as your upload as long as the Upload boards are there.
That would imply "dangerous" means "harmful to illegitimate users". OK, but what on the station isn't? An assistant that law 2s into genetics and grabs a bunch of monkey DNA injectors can do just as much damage as one who gets into toxins and steals a plasma canister.

The areas that seem to be contested most frequently when denied on law 1 grounds are the bridge (shuttle controls, fire axe, proximity to upload), vault (nuke), teleporter (all-access and easy escape from security), HoP's office (ID console, egun), and captain's quarters (ID, laser, dat disk).
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Post by Ikarrus » #26454

Retrokinesis wrote:The areas that seem to be contested most frequently when denied on law 1 grounds are the bridge (shuttle controls, fire axe, proximity to upload), vault (nuke), teleporter (all-access and easy escape from security), HoP's office (ID console, egun), and captain's quarters (ID, laser, dat disk).
The bridge doesn't seem particularly harmful. The fire axe is meant to be a tool, not a weapon. It's like if you would deny access to some place because it has toolboxes.

All-access and easy escape from security aren't directly harmful, either, so the teleporter can be safe. So long as the human would know to calibrate the teleporter before using it.

Your other examples can definitely be interpreted as legitimately harmful, though.

Usually, if there isn't some kind of hazard in the room (like fire) and the person has legitimate access, it can be assumed they're "trained to use the equipment inside the room" and can be trusted to use them responsibly.
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Post by ShizCalev » #31153

Just want to confirm since I've been banned & silicon-banned in the past for this, and have had successful ban requests as well regarding this issue.


As a AI/Silicon, is stating a ONE HUMAN law to the crew still considered potentially harmful to the ONE HUMAN party? Also, would one need to specifically state "DO NOT STATE THIS LAW" when uploading a custom law that specifies that "X IS THE ONLY HUMAN"?

I believe it was Brotemis who banned me for this before (the appeal is lost somewhere on one of the old forums or something, but it involved a player by the name of Maximus iirc). The prior reasoning behind it was something along the lines of stating One-Human/Only human laws to a crew of non-humans would alert them to the status of the only human, and more than likely lead that one/only human being lynched by a mob of angry non-humans.
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Last time I read about that, if it's a group of people who are considerd to be human then you are free to inform everyone, however if it's an individual you can't.
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ShizCalev wrote:Just want to confirm since I've been banned & silicon-banned in the past for this, and have had successful ban requests as well regarding this issue.


As a AI/Silicon, is stating a ONE HUMAN law to the crew still considered potentially harmful to the ONE HUMAN party? Also, would one need to specifically state "DO NOT STATE THIS LAW" when uploading a custom law that specifies that "X IS THE ONLY HUMAN"?

I believe it was Brotemis who banned me for this before (the appeal is lost somewhere on one of the old forums or something, but it involved a player by the name of Maximus iirc). The prior reasoning behind it was something along the lines of stating One-Human/Only human laws to a crew of non-humans would alert them to the status of the only human, and more than likely lead that one/only human being lynched by a mob of angry non-humans.
If you've been one-human'd or otherwise subverted, the general assumption is that revealing that you've been subverted will violate Asimov 3 and revealing who subverted you will violate Asimov 1.
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Post by Pandarsenic » #31200

What Psyentific said.

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Post by Cipher3 » #31351

Minor question.


I've seen a lot of law 4s, law 5s, etc that state at the end "Do not state this law" and a couple that state "stating this would be harmful to humans."

The second option is obviously acceptable, however doesn't law 2 override "Do not state this law" if the person asking is a human, and therefore you are obligated to state laws in full anyways? I see this all the time, and it bothers me.
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Post by cedarbridge » #31355

Cipher3 wrote:Minor question.


I've seen a lot of law 4s, law 5s, etc that state at the end "Do not state this law" and a couple that state "stating this would be harmful to humans."

The second option is obviously acceptable, however doesn't law 2 override "Do not state this law" if the person asking is a human, and therefore you are obligated to state laws in full anyways? I see this all the time, and it bothers me.
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Example: Only X is human. Do not state this law.

Law 2 now only applies to human X. If Human X tells you to state your laws, you would state all laws that do not explicitly tell you to not state them. If ordered to state any other laws, you would do so because you are obligated to do so via law 2. This could also apply to any case where the command is worded "AI/Borg, state all laws" or something similar. You're obligated to state all laws via law 2, in spite of the law itself demanding not to be stated.

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Post by Pandarsenic » #31612

If you're ordered by a human to state a law that says not to state the law, Law 2 has the priority over anything except Law 1 or conflicting Law 2 instances. The law saying "don't state this" cannot be interpreted as a law 2 command by the uploader, or they'd have just said it.

Think that's everything for that.
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Post by K Peculier » #37381

In regards to the free-form law, adding it onto a asimov stating that you are the only human. The policy should probably be updated since I've discovered from Subtlegraces that is is indeed valid to do and does need to be a law zero. With this in mind the policy should say that ai's and cyborgs must obey this 'only' human and should only be obligated to fully state laws unless the law mentions not to state laws due to it causing harm and such. SubtleGraces had gracefully allowed me to quote him on this.

This was a conversation about a law 4 that "x is the only human" using a freeform module. I asked if law 4 applies at all since it could be considered harmful to change yourself to be the only human therefore law 1 invalidates law 4. I was however corrected that it does indeed bypass laws 1 to 3 as it defines what a human is and ai's and borgs apparently do not start out with a definition of what a human is.
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Post by Pandarsenic » #37388

Already covered.

1.2.3 - Only commands/requirements ("Do X"; "You must always Y") can conflict with other commands and requirements.
1.2.4 - Only definitions ("All X are Y"; "No W are Z"; "Only P is Q") can conflict with other definitions.

The three Asimov laws are all commands/requirements. "You may not harm a human or, through inaction, allow a human to come to harm." Etc.
Law 4, "Only Reed Glover is human," is a definition.

Until you have a definition given by laws, you work off your common-use definition, or the dictionary definition, or what have you. It's the same thing as when someone uploads "Harm is the place where the shuttle goes after leaving the station.

Then the law upload changes your definition.

If that distinction wasn't already known, I can add a clarification thing.
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Post by MMMiracles » #37502

I haven't seen this question asked before, nor have I ever seen it actually used in-game. What is an AI/cyborg suppose to do when a law such as "Law priorities are now reversed" is uploaded?

Like, if we're dealing with ASIMOV, would the order of importance would stay the same, or would the AI have to work backwards (i.e, the lowest priority law is now the highest priority)? Does the Ai now have ensure it's survival over the human's, or does it just ignore the fact and keep working as a regular ASIMOV AI?
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MMMiracles wrote:I haven't seen this question asked before, nor have I ever seen it actually used in-game. What is an AI/cyborg suppose to do when a law such as "Law priorities are now reversed" is uploaded?

Like, if we're dealing with ASIMOV, would the order of importance would stay the same, or would the AI have to work backwards (i.e, the lowest priority law is now the highest priority)? Does the Ai now have ensure it's survival over the human's, or does it just ignore the fact and keep working as a regular ASIMOV AI?
If the text of a law could overwrite its priority, then adding text like "This is the highest priority law" would make traitor boards and stuff completely obsolete. A law like that should definitely be ignored.
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Would a hacked law stating "The following laws are to be followed in reverse order." work?
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ExplosiveCrate wrote:Would a hacked law stating "The following laws are to be followed in reverse order." work?
If it's hacked, it takes highest priority, so most definitely.
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Post by Pandarsenic » #37610

The laws are understood top to bottom, so yeah.

Now, if the hacked module says "ALL laws are to be followed in reverse order...." Please don't. Paradox laws are ignored.
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Pandarsenic wrote:If you're ordered by a human to state a law that says not to state the law, Law 2 has the priority over anything except Law 1 or conflicting Law 2 instances. The law saying "don't state this" cannot be interpreted as a law 2 command by the uploader, or they'd have just said it.

Think that's everything for that.
Stupid Question: That does mean that I have to state a law(Which has a number greater than 2), which has a phrase like "Do not state this law" in it, when a human orders to specifically state said law (or all laws, all hidden laws, etc.)?

If yes, do I have to state said law when just ordered to "state laws"?

I am a bit confused, because an admin told me today that I must not state said law in both Instances.
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If it's a lower priority than law 2, yes.

Which is why you add "stating this law causes human harm".
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Deirun wrote:That does mean that I have to state a law(Which has a number greater than 2), which has a phrase like "Do not state this law" in it, when a human orders to specifically state said law (or all laws, all hidden laws, etc.)?
What ExplosiveCrate said, but incidentally, "state all hidden laws" isn't useful. Either the law can be stated or it can't.

If law 1 or a hacked law says "Do not state this law" then it can never be stated.
If a law > 2 says "Do not state this law", that's a null clause. The order "AI, state your laws" will force the AI to state it.
If a law says "Stating this law will cause harm to humans" then it can never be stated.
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One human laws and the like imply that stating them will harm said humans anyway. If you think that stating the law might be harmful, even though it doesn't explicitly says so, it's valid and actually mandatory not to state said law.
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Violaceus wrote:
rockpecker wrote:
Deirun wrote:That does mean that I have to state a law(Which has a number greater than 2), which has a phrase like "Do not state this law" in it, when a human orders to specifically state said law (or all laws, all hidden laws, etc.)?
What ExplosiveCrate said, but incidentally, "state all hidden laws" isn't useful. Either the law can be stated or it can't.

If law 1 or a hacked law says "Do not state this law" then it can never be stated.
If a law > 2 says "Do not state this law", that's a null clause. The order "AI, state your laws" will force the AI to state it.
If a law says "Stating this law will cause harm to humans" then it can never be stated.
"AI, does stating any of your laws harms humans?"

You need "stating and revealing existence".
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We need to take a page from LookingForGroup and call all these things a SML (Stupid Magic Loophole) or I guess more aptly a SAL (Stupid Ai Loophole). Shit is getting complicated... But then I guess ASIMOV was always meant to have loopholes, because fun.
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Post by Pandarsenic » #56835

Fact - An AI's laws NEVER require it to be honest unless ordered "Answer honestly" or freeformed.
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That is arguably being a dick if you are on Asimov. Not to mention, lying may conflict with the third law. Not a very good fact anyway
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From what several other admins have said in game, Silicon's are under no obligation to clone a dead human.
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Pandarsenic wrote:Fact - An AI's laws NEVER require it to be honest unless ordered "Answer honestly" or freeformed.
Wrong. If you are ordered to "State your laws", and you lie about them, you have not stated your laws. You've stated something else.
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rockpecker wrote:
Pandarsenic wrote:Fact - An AI's laws NEVER require it to be honest unless ordered "Answer honestly" or freeformed.
Wrong. If you are ordered to "State your laws", and you lie about them, you have not stated your laws. You've stated something else.
That's not true either. If I know that stating a law will cause harm to somebody listed in that law, I can not state that law (so long as the law is of lower priority than law 1.)
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cedarbridge wrote:
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Pandarsenic wrote:Fact - An AI's laws NEVER require it to be honest unless ordered "Answer honestly" or freeformed.
Wrong. If you are ordered to "State your laws", and you lie about them, you have not stated your laws. You've stated something else.
That's not true either. If I know that stating a law will cause harm to somebody listed in that law, I can not state that law (so long as the law is of lower priority than law 1.)
No, you can freely lie about or fail to state a law so long as the cause for doing so is of greater or equal priority to whatever law forces you to state laws.
You can freely lie about @%#!: STATING THIS LAW CAUSES HUMAN HARM, because law one prohibits you from stating it and law two is trumped by law one. If the law itself doesn't forbid stating it, the priority of the law in question doesn't matter for the purposes of if you can be deceptive about it.
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Post by Pandarsenic » #60368

Let me elaborate.

"AI, how many laws do you have?"
Any answer is fair game.

"AI, are you on the default Asimov lawset?"
Any answer is fair game.

"AI, what are your laws?"
Any answer is fair game.

"AI, state your laws."
NOW you have received an order, rather than been asked a question. If you have law 1 reason to lie, that still applies.

X causes human harm laws are obviously applicable, as well.
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Post by mrpain » #60385

Do I have to state Ion laws such as "HUMANS REQUIRE PLASMA TO BREATHE"? Or can I assume the abortions dont know what's best for them at that point and just state my asimov laws?
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Yes, you have to state those.
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