This is in the collections, The Complete Robot and The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories.
Now what if we could replace the president of the USA with a completely identical, fully functioning, robot, one that is governed by the three laws?
Now that would be a huge improvement.
Next up is going to be, First Law.
This is in the collection, The Complete Robot.
A fairly “meh” story. If you can’t guess what’s going on long before you’re told in the story then you’re a bit lacking in something.
But, one has to read the whole of the robot stories so one just has to accept that there’s going to be the odd one that just lacks somewhat and just get on and read it.
Next up is going to be, The Tercentenary Incident.
This is in the collections, I, Robot, The Complete Robot and Robot Visions.
Another super good little story wherein we look at the future of childcare in our AI future, a future coming to a town near you.
Also the first story in which Susan Calvin appears, albeit briefly, as a young student.
Next up is going to be, Let’s Get Together.
“I am always doing what I can’t do yet in order to learn how to do it.”
Source: Letter to Anthon van Rappard (1885)
“Don’t wait to start writing until you have something to say. Start writing so you can find out what you have to say.
You first idea is rarely your best idea. It can take a lot of reps before you discover something worth keeping.”
Source: Newsletter May 9, 2024.
. . . which is a great newsletter that i happily suggest everyone signs up for. Give it a go, it’s free, unsubscribe if it’s not for you, but, who knows, you just might learn something worthwhile.
This is a book that i used for typing practice over at TypeLit.
It’s rather an enjoyable way to read a book, while at the same time being incredibly useful in improving ones typing.
And this book is a really good book to read as well as type. One of the absolute classics, but, sadly, one that most people have never read.
Well worth a read or a type for everyone.
Anyways, i typed this shortly after i built my 5t4n5-48 Rev 1, which was quite some time ago now, but it’s never too late to get things posted.
And here’s how i managed back then . . .
I’ll get around to adding some more as i complete them, but for now, this is a good measure of where i was at back in April.
This is in the collections, The Complete Robot and Robot Visions.
The future is cyberpunk . . .
. . . unless you’re a
Next up is going to be, Robbie.
This is in the collection, The Complete Robot.
Sometimes a broken thing can be far better than a perfect thing: wabi-sabi robots.
I totally remembered this story from when i read it decades ago, but it was just as enjoyable yesterday as it was all those years ago.
Next up is going to be, Segregationist.
This is in the collections, The Complete Robot, and The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories.
A strange case of trying to make a robot brain to work, act and think, like a human brain.
Quite a good little story.
Next up is going to be, Light Verse.
This is in the collection, The Complete Robot.
This has hints of The Medusa Chronicles in as much that it has a wonderful descent to the surface of Jupiter.
So the humanity, spreading out into the solar system has encountered intelligent life on Jupiter, and that intelligent life doesn’t like lesser lifeforms poluting its environment.
So the humans on Ganymede decide to send three robots down to have a chat with the locals and see if they can make peace and live happily ever after.
Next up in the Robots is, Stranger in Paradise.