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The Three Laws of Robotics: 1: A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm; 2: A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law; 3: A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law; The Zeroth Law: A robot may not harm humanity, or, by inaction, allow humanity to come to harm.
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robots
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Isaac Asimov |
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db3dc75
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"Don't blame you," said Marvin and counted five hundred and ninety-seven thousand million sheep before falling asleep again a second later."
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humor
marvin
h2g2
robots
science-fiction
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Douglas Adams |
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If you don't want a generation of robots, fund the arts!
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inspirational
robots
art
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Cath Crowley |
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Whether we are based on carbon or on silicon makes no fundamental difference; we should each be treated with appropriate respect.
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robots
computers
diversity
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Arthur C. Clarke |
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Humans were still not only the cheapest robots around, but also, for many tasks, the only robots that could do the job. They were self-reproducing robots too. They showed up and worked generation after generation; give them 3000 calories a day and a few amenities, a little time off, and a strong jolt of fear, and you could work them at almost anything. Give them some ameliorative drugs and you had a working class, reified and coglike.
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work
kim-stanley-robison
robots
science-fiction
humans
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Kim Stanley Robinson |
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daf48da
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Aimless extension of knowledge, however, which is what I think you really mean by the term curiosity, is merely inefficiency. I am designed to avoid inefficiency.
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olivaw
robots
sci-fi
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Isaac Asimov |
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73ae489
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He had them as spellbound as a room full of Ewoks listening to C-3PO.
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humour
spellbinding
robots
star-wars
scifi
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Cory Doctorow |
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6b3edf6
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Robots are important also. If I don my pure-scientist hat, I would say just send robots; I'll stay down here and get the data. But nobody's ever given a parade for a robot. Nobody's ever named a high school after a robot. So when I don my public-educator hat, I have to recognize the elements of exploration that excite people. It's not only the discoveries and the beautiful photos that come down from the heavens; it's the vicarious participation in discovery itself.
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robots
exploration
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Neil deGrasse Tyson |
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A strange thing happens when you interview a robot. You feel an urge to be profound: to ask profound questions. I suppose it's an inter-species thing. Although if it is I wonder why I never try and be profound around my dog. 'What does electricity taste like?' I ask. 'Like a planet around a star,' Bina48 replies. Which is either extraordinary or meaningless - I'm not sure which
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profound
robots
meaningless
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Jon Ronson |
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No individual death among human beings is important. Someone who dies leaves his work behind and that does not entirely die. It never entirely dies as long as humanity exists.
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mortality
humanity
elijah
robots
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Isaac Asimov |
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3d0d2b7
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"But on the question of whether the robots will eventually take over, he { } says that this will probably not happen, for a variety of reasons. First, no one is going to accidentally build a robot that wants to rule the world. He says that creating a robot that can suddenly take over is like someone accidentally building a 747 jetliner. Plus, there will be plenty of time to stop this from happening. Before someone builds a "super-bad robot," someone has to build a "mildly bad robot," and before that a "not-so-bad robot."
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ai
artificial-intelligence
skynet
robots
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Michio Kaku |
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db9e5c2
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I have the shape of a human being and organs equivalent to those of a human being. My organs, in fact, are identical to some of those in a prosthetized human being. I have contributed artistically, literally, and scientifically to human culture as much as any human being now alive. What more can one ask?
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robots
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Isaac Asimov |
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06687c5
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"Changelessness is decay." "A paradox. There is no decay without a change for the worse." "Changelessness is a change for the worse"
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kelden-amadiro
vasilia-aliena
robots
science-fiction
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Isaac Asimov |
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f833ef4
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Will robot teachers replace human teachers? No, but they can complement them. Moreover, the could be sufficient in situations where there is no alternative--to enable learning while traveling, or while in remote locations, or when one wishes to study a topic for which there is not easy access to teachers. Robot teachers will help make lifelong learning a practicality. They can make it possible to learn no matter where one is in the world, no matter the time of day. Learning should take place when it is needed, when the learner is interested, not according to some arbitrary, fixed schedule
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learning
robots
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Donald A. Norman |
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"...I'm afraid of what the digital age will do to the world, to the things we think are important... it's almost like people want to believe in some illusion that they're robots and forget altogether that they're real, living people... but everything these days is disposable, even people themselves, and that's why I'm afraid for the world," Mandy confessed, looking depressed and worried. "So am I... but I'll still watch all of it as the world dooms itself, because I want to see how it ends, and whether or not they'll be intelligent enough to forget all of this digital illusion afterwards," Alecto explained. "I'm sure that they'll be able to realize how wrong it all is... even though the idiots outnumber most people these days, there are still enough intelligent people to fight against it."
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earth
grief
human
next-generation
cell-phone
environmental
nova-scotia
robots
digital
apocalypse
canada
dystopian
gone
scary
hopeless
horror
lost
technology
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Rebecca McNutt |
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02ae95f
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The chip that functions abnormally will be desoldered, as they say.
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humor
androids
chip
hammer
soldering
nail
computer
robots
computers
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Charles Stross |
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3bd9b13
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"Oh, people get used to so many things," said Vadesh, "if only they give them selves a chance."
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philosophical
thrill
robots
human-nature
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Orson Scott Card |
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a2291ad
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Annette sighs. Manfred's been upgrading this robot cat for years, and his ex-wife Pamela used to mess with its neural configuration, too: This is its third body, and it's getting more realistically uncooperative with every hardware upgrade. Sooner or later it's going to demand a litter tray and start throwing up on the carpet.
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robots
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Charles Stross |