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Isaac Asimov · 1950
A science fiction collection framed as an interview with Dr. Susan Calvin, a robopsychologist at U.S. Robots, recounting pivotal stories of robot development and the relationship between humanity and artificial intelligence across fifty years.
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What this book knows
Minds built on rules still generate moral paradox; logic alone cannot resolve what it means to be good, human, or free.
obedience-and-authority
if Byerley follows all the Rules of Robotics, he may be a robot, and may simply be a very good man
RI-RC-123What is my destruction compared to the safety of a master? But if I died on my way to him, I wouldn't be able to save him anyway
RI-RC-091a robot would require psychotherapy at the conflict of having broken Rule One to adhere to Rule One in a higher sense
RI-RC-124mind-and-cognition
I have been told to be lost… I must not disobey… I am powerful and intelligent — And by just a master… who is weak
RI-RC-096You admit the Machine can't be wrong, and can't be fed wrong data. I will now show you that it cannot be disobeyed, either
RI-RC-150self-and-identity
Byerley gasped himself a stage nearer normality. 'Really, Dr Lanning… really – I… I… a robot?'
RI-RC-118Illuminates
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