In general they weigh the immediate harm against long-term benefits, but a lot of edge cases are discussed during the various short stories, like cases where there are only harmful outcomes. They are definitely worth a read!

Currently re-reading the Robot series, and I’m really surprised at how relevant they are right now, especially considering they were written some 70-odd years ago.

I can’t imagine what they thought they’d get from training on Reddit data…

That C book was still used when I studied software engineering in the 2010s. It was even considered a ‘modern’ C book because it had been updated to include ANSI C…