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Wednesday, July 14. 2004
I Robot, I hope.
What at strange situation we find ourselves in. After years of robot movies like Robocop, Terminator, The Matrix and AI, now comes the father of them all; I, Robot.I, Robot by Isaac Asimov is a collection of short stories published in 1950, and is best remembered for the three simple yet immutable Laws of Robotics. Looks like hollywood have finally decided to milk some cash from it in the form of a movie.
Although I'm yet to see this film, there are already signs of restlessness on forums and in blogs, and the choice of Will Smith as one of the lead characters does not instil confidence.
“Robots going berserk and attacking people” (a scene described from the movie) does not have much in common with the book, which instead is a discussion of morality, examined through the interaction of Asimov's Laws of Robotics, and does a good job of showing the value and some potential problems in such a system of governance.
As time flows along, robots are slowly becoming more common, but don't hold your breath for the kind of sentience available in a droid reminiscent of the movie AI - especially the ones at the end!
That may yet take a while, but at least Asimov gave us something to ponder on...
As time flows along, robots are slowly becoming more common, but don't hold your breath for the kind of sentience available in a droid reminiscent of the movie AI - especially the ones at the end!
That may yet take a while, but at least Asimov gave us something to ponder on...
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