Remember those robot laws Asimov cooked up? Three neat little commandments: protect humans, follow orders, self-preserve - but only when it doesn't mess with the first two.

Sounds bulletproof on paper. Reality? That's where things get messy.

Asimov himself knew this. His entire story collection is basically a masterclass in watching these rules bend, break, and backfire in ways nobody saw coming. The robots weren't the problem - the logic gaps were.

Now we're building AGI, and suddenly those old sci-fi debates aren't theoretical anymore. The question isn't whether machines can follow rules. It's whether we're being honest about what we're actually building - and what happens when the rules can't keep up.