I, RobotRandom House Worlds, 1 jun 2004 - 304 pagina's This classic science fiction masterwork by Isaac Asimov weaves stories about robots, humanity, and the deep questions of existence into a novel of shocking intelligence and heart. “A must-read for science-fiction buffs and literature enjoyers alike.”—The Guardian I, Robot, the first and most widely read book in Asimov’s Robot series, forever changed the world’s perception of artificial intelligence. Here are stories of robots gone mad, of mind-reading robots, and robots with a sense of humor. Of robot politicians, and robots who secretly run the world—all told with the dramatic blend of science fact and science fiction that has become Asimov’s trademark. The Three Laws of Robotics: 1) A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. 2) A robot must obey orders given to it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. 3) A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law. With these three, simple directives, Isaac Asimov formulated the laws governing robots’ behavior. In I, Robot, Asimov chronicles the development of the robot from its primitive origins in the present to its ultimate perfection in the not-so-distant future—a future in which humanity itself may be rendered obsolete. “Tremendously exciting and entertaining . . . Asimov dramatizes an interesting question: How can we live with machines that, generation by generation, grow more intelligent than their creators and not eventually clash with our own invention?”—The Chicago Tribune |
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Alfred Lanning answer arms asked beam Black broke CATCH THAT RABBIT chair course Cutie Dave Donovan Earth everything eyes face feel feet felt fingers gamma rays Gloria Greg Gregory Powell half hand harm head Herbie human hurt hydroponics Hyper Base interstellar jump Kallner knew Lanning's Laws of Robotics Listen LITTLE LOST ROBOT looked Machine matter Mercury metal MICHAEL DONOVAN Mike mind Nestor never nodded parsecs positronic brain positronic robots Powell and Donovan Powell's psychologist question quietly Quinn Region Robbie robopsychologist Robot & Mechanical roboticist rose selenium ship shook silence slowly smiled sound Speedy spoke stared Stephen Byerley stopped sudden suddenly suppose sure Susan Calvin talk tell There's thing thought tion told trying turned U.S. Robots United States Robots visiplate voice wait watched Weston What's words wrong
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Pagina 37 - A robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. 2. A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. 3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
Pagina 44 - When you're lying awake with a dismal headache, and repose is tabooed by anxiety, I conceive you may use any language you choose to indulge in without impropriety; For your brain is on fire — the bedclothes conspire of usual slumber to plunder you: First your counterpane goes and uncovers your toes, and your sheet slips demurely from under you; Then the blanketing...
Pagina 51 - Look at you," he said finally. "I say this in no spirit of contempt, but look at you! The material you are made of is soft and flabby, lacking endurance and strength, depending for energy upon the inefficient oxidation of organic material— like that." He pointed a disapproving finger at what remained of Donovan's sandwich. "Periodically you pass into a coma and the least variation in temperature, air pressure, humidity, or radiation intensity impairs your efficiency.
Pagina 224 - Perhaps how wonderful! Think, that for all time, all conflicts are finally evitable. Only the Machines, from now on, are inevitable!
Pagina 36 - Powell's radio voice was tense in Donovan's ear: "Now, look, let's start with the three fundamental Rules of Robotics— the three rules that are built most deeply into a robot's positronic brain." In the darkness, his gloved fingers ticked off each point. "We have: One, a robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
Pagina 9 - Robbie stays — and that's final!" and each time it was weaker and accompanied by a louder and more agonized groan. Came the day, at last, when Weston approached his daughter guiltily and suggested a "beautiful
Pagina 54 - Even Cutie at the far end— the only one on his feet— remained silent, eyes fixed upon the gloomy recesses of the vast machine before him. Donovan shoved hard against the nearest robot. "Stand up!" he roared. Slowly, the robot obeyed. His photoelectric eyes focused reproachfully upon the Earthman. "There is no Master but the Master," he said, "and QT-1 is his prophet." "Huh?" Donovan became aware of twenty pairs of mechanical eyes fixed upon him and twenty stiff-timbred voices declaiming solemnly:...
Pagina 21 - Robbie!" Her shriek pierced the air, and one of the robots about the table faltered and dropped the tool he was holding. Gloria went almost mad with joy. Squeezing through the railing before either parent could stop her, she dropped lightly to the floor a few feet below, and ran toward her Robbie, arms waving and hair flying. And the three horrified adults, as they stood frozen in their tracks, saw what the excited little girl did not see— a huge, lumbering tractor bearing blindly down upon its...
Pagina 182 - Of course, every human being is supposed to have the instinct of self-preservation. That's Rule Three to a robot. Also every 'good' human being, with a social conscience and a sense of responsibility, is supposed to defer to proper authority; to listen to his doctor, his boss, his government, his psychiatrist, his fellow man; to obey laws, to follow rules, to conform to custom— even when they interfere with his comfort or his safety. That's Rule Two to a robot. Also, every 'good' human being is...
Pagina 1 - Gloria withdrew her chubby little forearm from before her eyes and stood for a moment, wrinkling her nose and blinking in the sunlight. Then, trying to watch in all directions at once, she withdrew a few cautious steps from the tree against which she had been leaning. She craned her neck to investigate the possibilities of a clump of bushes to the right and then withdrew farther to obtain a better angle for viewing its dark recesses. The quiet was profound except for the incessant buzzing of insects...
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