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.
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.
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.
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.
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
Next up is True Love.
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!.