I, Robot (literature): Difference between revisions

If you are looking for the short story by Eando Binder that was later adapted for ''[[The Outer Limits]]'', and which Asimov's publisher stole the title from, [[Adam Link|click here]].

 

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=== The book provides examples of: ===

* [[AI Is a Crapshoot]]: Thanks to the [[Three Laws of Robotics]] this is largely avoided, mostly because Asimov thought the idea of this happening was ''absolutely ridiculous''. Though the book does address several issues in which the Three Laws could conflict, the sphere of actions available to a robot while still obeying the Three Laws or alternate interpretations of the Laws that could be reached and and adhered to.

* [[Anticlimax]]: {{spoiler|Since the reporter and Old!Susan are just a framing device, the book closes very abruptly with Dr. Calvin summarizing her life in a sentence, before the reporter closes that she died recently.}}

* [[Artificial Intelligence]]: Naturally, as every Robot has its own Positronic Brain capable of sentient self awareness. There's also Brain and The Machines, which are ridiculously powerful Positronic brains used as super computers, the former of which even has its own personality.

* [[Messy Hair]]: Donovan's hair always springs back to the same unruly state he does to it, so he just doesn't bother. Anyway, he has bigger problems when we see him.

* [[Nature Versus Nurture]]: Used this with regards to robots, of all being, by comparing physically and [[Artificial Intelligence|positronically]] identical robots who developed with different frames of reference (generally resulting in [[Instant AI, Just Add Water|aberrant behavior]]).

* [[Not So Different]]: In the short story ''Evidence'', Dr. Calvin gets into a discussion of this sort. When asked outright if robots are so different from humans, she answers: "Worlds different. Robots are essentially decent" which provides a sharp look into her mindset concerning humanity.

* [[Patchwork Story]]