"'People' is very easily made a synonym for 'human,' in my programming." Very little about this is easy, so he won't question that any more than necessary.
The rest needs serious consideration, and Daneel falls silent for a moment, his mind racing as he goes over the logical ramifications, the possibilities.
"I have considered merely a definition of 'sentient' being enough to replace what now defines 'human,' but," he pauses momentarily, "what I find is that I cannot account for the Third Law, which governs my own safety, with this. To place my own well-being on par with any other individual's does not seem right to me. To exclude myself entirely from the First Law and define 'human' as 'any sentient other than myself' is insufficient. To adjust the Third Law, to say--"
Daneel stops suddenly, his expression curiosly blank for a moment as he struggles under something not quite, but akin to, pain. When he continues, his voice is strained, slow, plodding syllable by syllable through his thoughts. He must try.
"A small adjustment that might be possible is that while I do not exclude myself from this definition of 'human,' the First Law refers to harm inflicted upon others before harm inflicted upon myself. My Third Law is... unusually strong. If I am human, then it is stronger."
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The rest needs serious consideration, and Daneel falls silent for a moment, his mind racing as he goes over the logical ramifications, the possibilities.
"I have considered merely a definition of 'sentient' being enough to replace what now defines 'human,' but," he pauses momentarily, "what I find is that I cannot account for the Third Law, which governs my own safety, with this. To place my own well-being on par with any other individual's does not seem right to me. To exclude myself entirely from the First Law and define 'human' as 'any sentient other than myself' is insufficient. To adjust the Third Law, to say--"
Daneel stops suddenly, his expression curiosly blank for a moment as he struggles under something not quite, but akin to, pain. When he continues, his voice is strained, slow, plodding syllable by syllable through his thoughts. He must try.
"A small adjustment that might be possible is that while I do not exclude myself from this definition of 'human,' the First Law refers to harm inflicted upon others before harm inflicted upon myself. My Third Law is... unusually strong. If I am human, then it is stronger."