In 1942, Isaac Asimov wrote three laws for robots. Don't harm humans. Obey humans. Protect yourself, unless that conflicts with the first two. They were elegant, memorable, and the entire point of the stories built around them was that they didn't work. Asimov spent decades showing how three clean rules collapse the moment they meet a messy real situation.

We Stopped Expecting Accountability and Started Hoping for Self-Control. Those are not the same thing.

Polls show a majority of Americans, across both parties, don't want one near them. The objection that comes up first, again and again, is water.