ROBO-ETHICS of ENGINEERING:
By the storylore Mega Man is a robot, and must follow a set of rules of no killing, but in Mega Man VII the character states he is "More than a Robot" and chooses that to kill Dr.Wily (Human). This refers to the idea of machine ethics in the decision making of Robots that was popularized by Sci-fi novelists. Asimov's Laws of Robotics: A robot may not nor allow injury to a human, they must obey humans, and must protect its own existence. This keeps robots under control, until scientists create artificial intelligence so great and free that it could be on a similar grounds of a human. This idea is explored in shows that have robots, androids, and wars involving robot invasions, societal integration, and roles in humanity. Robots are programmed based on a Humans decision of how much freedom of choice they allow them in the given code. This creates a responsibility of the creator to understand and respect what it is they are working on. This also shows a type of responsibility the person must take as more freedoms are given to their creations. This leads us to all the scientists who may have been involved in the creation of the artificial intelligence that would lead to such discoveries. Robots after Proto Man, Rock Man, and Roll... including the Robot Masters have used the artificial intelligence to have a freedom of will. This is explained throughout the games in which Proto Man escapes of his own free will, so Rock and Roll are made as a second attempt, while with good intentions the other Robot Masters are made for helping with the workforce. Dr.Wily who wasn't fast enough to develop or possibly even too scared to allow such a development of robot intelligence had taken an opportunity to surpass his rival Dr.Light. The Black and White to the Evil and Good that is a common point in children's story turns grey with the later games of the Mega Man Original series... Initially Dr.Wily takes the first group of Robot Masters and re-codes them to do his bidding, so he can better analyze and deconstruct the ideas which Dr.Light had done in his artificial intelligence research to be on an even playing field of scientific knowledge. In Mega Man IX, things take a turn where robots are being convinced of their now normalized free wills to join Dr.Wily in his plans instead of being directly reprogrammed. While everyone knows Dr.Wily wants to take over the world there is no explanation of how he wants to take over the world, but that's a discussion for another time. Going back to robot ethics in looking at rules and laws or even funding as parts of the story that have yet to be properly explored. It gives a huge amount of incite to Dr.Lights ignoring theorizing as something to do in the effects of giving robots freewill and the many consequences of other creations he has made. This could include all the robots he developed and their tools that could be transformed into weapons and so on, so even knowing a full list of such creations would give people a even better idea of how he has effected the world... for better or for worse. Bringing up the ideas of potential dangers of artificial intelligence and more ideas on the threats to the human race, which becomes even more relevant in the X series.
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