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.

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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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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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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 “Think!” not reading all of the robot stories is ignoring some very important, and very relevant, information at our peril.

Next up is True Love.

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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 “Point of View”.

Next up is Think!.

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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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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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