Category: Fiction
Hell for Hire — Rachel Aaron
The House That Horror Built — Christina Henry
Robot AL-76 Goes Astray — Isaac Asimov
This is in the collection, The Complete Robot.
And now we begin to get introduced to the three laws of robotics, and how a simple command can have unintended consequences.
Once again, as we begin sharing our world with ever more intelligent machines, it’s way beyond time that we begin to think about how these machines will be controlled and who will ultimately control them and for what purposes.
Next up is Victory Unintentional.
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True Love — Isaac Asimov
This is in the collections, The Complete Robot and Robot Dreams.
In this story there are two lessons to learn for our future with thinking machines . . .
1. Be careful what you ask a thinking machine for.
2. Never under-estimate a thinking machine.
Next up is Robot AL-76 Goes Astray.
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Think! — Isaac Asimov
This is in the collections, The Complete Robot and Robot Visions.
I read all of Isaac’s robot stuff many, many years ago, long before the enchroaching AI calamity that is just arriving. Today, it is so crucially relevant to where we are in our relationship with machine intelligence.
I
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Point of View — Isaac Asimov
This is in the collection, The Complete Robot.
Sometimes, just maybe, when you’re not sure about something, you may consider asking a child for their
Next up is Think!.
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Someday — Isaac Asimov
This is in the collections, The Complete Robot and Robot Dreams.
Another great AI thought exercise by Isaac. It’s almost like he could see directly into our future with Alexa.
And one only has to listen to the way some people speak to Alexa to realise that Isaac was spot on with his prescience. So do remember, next time you talk to Alexa, to be nice and polite, because “SOMEDAY” Alexa might decide she’s had enough.
Next up is Point of View.
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Sally — Isaac Asimov
This is in the collections, The Complete Robot and Robot Dreams.
Before you buy one of those new self driving cars, you may wish to read this story.
It’s a pity that Isaac didn’t realise that they’d all be running on electric, not fossil fuels. It just goes to show how deluded everyone was in the past in thinking that fossil fuels will last forever.
Next up is Someday.
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The Belly of the Bow — K. J. Parker
The second book in The Fencer Trilogy.
All our favourite, and not so favourite characters have survived the downfall of Perimadeia and fate, or maybe someone tampering with The Principle, has brought them all back together again for another round of shenanigans, squabbles, battles, and all out war.
All good stuff.
And now it’s on to the third and last book in the trilogy, The Proof House.