I just realized something about the way the Asimov law 1 is stated:
You may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
So this law has 2 parts.
Part 1. - You may not injure a human being.
This is very specific and very direct. The AI cannot do something which directly injures a human. Notice it says absolutely nothing about indirectly allowing harm here.
Part 2. - (you may not) through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
This is the less specific and direct part of the law, but, there is one very specific part. You may not, through inaction allow a human being to come to harm.
So, putting those two things together, that means as AI, if someone says, "AI, open the armory" you should do it, to properly follow your laws.
That's because opening the armory is an action, not an inaction. So part 2 of law 1 does not apply. Opening the door does not injure humans, so part 1 doesn't apply. So since law 1 doesn't apply here, law 2 does. So, open that door AIs!
Now, after you've opened the armory door, law 1 might demand you immediately close the door and lock the guy in there, since not doing so would be inaction, and could potentially cause human harm. That's up to the AI player's judgement I suppose.
My point is, however, that law 1 provides no reason for the AI to EVER refuse to take an action that doesn't directly injure a human being.
Law 1 only demands the AI consider potential harm from NOT taking an action.
This actually prevents the worst of the AI behavior, I think. If I say "AI, open EVA", the AI has no reason in its laws not to do so. Of course, the AI might think it's prudent to tell the rest of the crew that I have been allowed into EVA, but that's it.
When you guys play AI, how do you feel about long lasting orders? Like if at the beginning of the round, the captain says "AI, don't let people in places they don't have access". What do you do when someone asks you to open a door? You're sort of stuck breaking law 2 either way. Obviously you'd ignore this order if someone's life was in danger (Not opening the door is inaction, so law 1 is pretty strict about you doing it)