Review: I, Robot

I love Isaac Asimov.  Eric got me hooked on this writings.  I enjoy the flow and the subject matter he portrays in his science fiction writings.  I ended up reading I, Robot which explored the creation of robots in our society and what the outcomes of that would be for us.  It was a collection of short stories which had some characters overlapping into others.

Essentially, the novel is based on scenarios that involve the Three Laws of Robotics which are:

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.

The short stories deal with the consequences of these laws in how they can be interpreted by a robot.  They were very interesting reads as no one really thinks about all the different interpretations or scenarios that robots can be put into.

If you’re a science fiction buff, this is a great read.  You can even see a lot of the material talked about in this novel which has trickled down into our modern thinking of robots in general.  Two robotic appendages up.

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