Re: [*FSFFU*] SF critical of robots

From: Nicole Youngman (NYOUNGMAN@aol.com)
Date: Sat Aug 30 1997 - 09:53:41 PDT


<< Somebody needs to mention Isaac Asimov's robot series. Am
 I the only person who remembers Dr. Susan Calvin and her 3
 laws of robotics?
>>

And not just those--the Daneel Olivaw books too, _Caves of Steel_ etc. Seems
like it's quite the common SF trope to come up with a character who's "as
good as human" and then spend lots of time wondering what it means to be
human--Data, Yod, etc.

Nicole



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