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10-11-2009, 05:29 PM
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Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics
I guess I need to re-read some of his work. If you like science fiction, this writer was way ahead of his time. Isaac Asimov was not an inventor or creator of computer hardware or software. Nevertheless, his fictional portrayals of the relationship between computers and human beings had an impact on the development and integration of computer technology in modern society. His commentaries on the sociological and psychological effects of computerization on human society will, in all likelihood, continue to influence computer science scholars and enthusiasts. Asimov is arguably most famous and influential for what has become known as Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics, with credit to editor John Campbell, who codified them from Asimov's fiction. These edicts are as follows: A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First and Second Laws. Asimov, Isaac: Table of Contents | Macmillan Computer Sciences: Social Applications Summary
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10-11-2009, 05:51 PM
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These laws of robotics from his writings is pretty much the whole basis of the movie "I Robot" with Will Smith.
I didn't realize at the time that those robot laws in the movie were really from Asimov... Maybe I should read some of his work sometime, would probably enjoy it.
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10-11-2009, 08:38 PM
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From Wikipedia I, Robot is a collection of nine science fiction short stories by Isaac Asimov, first published by Gnome Press in 1950 in an edition of 5,000 copies. The stories originally appeared in the American magazines Super Science Stories and Astounding Science Fiction between 1940 and 1950. The stories are woven together as Dr. Susan Calvin tells them to a reporter (the narrator) in the 21st century. Though the stories can be read separately, they share a theme of the interaction of humans, robots and morality, and when combined they tell a larger story of Asimov's fictional history of robotics. The book also contains the short story in which Asimov's famous Three Laws of Robotics first appear.
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10-12-2009, 06:50 PM
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10-21-2009, 06:47 AM
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there used to be a comic book. "Magnus, robotfighter" I loved reading
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