person
Isaac Asimov
Science fiction author; Three Laws of Robotics author (1920–1992)
Biochemist and prolific SF author whose 1942 'Three Laws of Robotics' pre-figured the alignment problem. Included for historical continuity and because the Three Laws remain a rhetorical reference in AI safety debates.
past Author, Independent writer
Strategy positions
Alignment firstendorses
Solve technical alignment before capability thresholds closeEarly popular articulation of the alignment problem via the Three Laws of Robotics.
“A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.”
Context: First Law of Robotics, 'Runaround', 1942.
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Record last updated 2026-04-25.