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Isaac Asimov

I, Robot

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Isaac Asimov’s ROBOT series — from the iconic collection I, ROBOT to four classic novels — contains some of the most influential works in the history of science fiction. Establishing and testing the THREE LAWS OF ROBOTICS, they continue to shape the understanding and design of artificial intelligence to this day.
What happens when a robot begins to question its creators? What would be the consequences of creating a robot with a sense of humour? Or the ability to lie? How do we truly tell the difference between man and machine?
In I, Robot, Asimov sets out the Three Laws of Robotics — designed to protect humans from their robotic creations — and pushes them to their limits and beyond.
Following genius robopsychologist Dr. Susan Calvin and engineers Powell and Donovan, these short stories helped to transform artificial intelligence from a dream into a science and changed perceptions of robots for ever.
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257 printed pages
Original publication
2018
Publication year
2018
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  • Tatiana Budanovashared an impression6 years ago
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    I really liked the book, it has risen quite interesting for modern society topics, such as building a robot that could walk or how clever the machine can be. Since I got interested in this theme, I swallowed "I, Robot" quickly (for me). Plus, the style of writing appealed to me, I enjoyed seeing English language powerful and beautiful.

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  • josuedr11has quoted8 years ago
    He just can’t help being faithful and loving and kind. He’s a machine-made so. That’s more than you can say for humans.
  • Yatzel Roldánhas quoted4 years ago
    ‘And that is all,’ said Dr Calvin, rising. ‘I saw it from the beginning, when the poor robots couldn’t speak, to the end, when they stand between mankind and destruction. I will see no more. My life is over. You will see what comes next.’

    I never saw Susan Calvin again. She died last month at the age of eighty-two.
  • Yatzel Roldánhas quoted4 years ago
    The Earth’s economy is stable, and will remain stable, because it is based upon the decisions of calculating machines that have the good of humanity at heart through the overwhelming force of the First Law of Robotics.’

    Stephen Byerley continued, ‘And although the Machines are nothing but the vastest conglomeration of calculating circuits ever invented, they are still robots within the meaning of the First Law, and so our Earth-wide economy is in accord with the best interests of Man. The population of Earth knows that there will be no unemployment, no overproduction or shortages. Waste and famine are words in history books. And so the question of ownership of the means of production becomes obsolescent. Whoever owned them (if such a phrase has meaning), a man, a group, a nation, or all mankind, they could be utilized only as the Machines directed. —Not because men were forced to but because it was the wisest course and men knew it

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