I would use programming force
and not include the zeroth law. Far too much potential for harm. Once Daneel etc had that power, but not a human perspective it became very much about humanity being guided from the outside, towards a final conclusion (in the Foundation books) that was horrible

/total and utter geek
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 20:28, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

does the fact that I nodded along to that going "hmm, yeah" mean I am too?
robots are awesome if humanity has to be destroyed by anything I'd be hard pressed to pick between robots and zombies
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 20:35, Reply)

I'm afraid it does
but being geeky isn't a bad thing.

I don't want humanity to be destroyed by anything. But especially not by robots because it'd be so efficient. Forget Terminator, if robots took over the world and destroyed it, there'd be no survivors. At least within zombies you'd have a chance
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 20 Sep 2010, 20:43, Reply)