Author: Isaac Asimov Translator: Manuel Bosch Barret Series: Robot #0.1 Collection design: Jordi Salvany Genre: Classics, Sci-Fi Original publication date: 1950 Book description: First published in 1950, when the electronic technology was in diapers, I robot turned out to be a visionary work and it held so much importance for the Science fiction genre as a whole. Asimov presents the three fundamental laws for the first time. Thoughts: This has a very interesting premise, we follow a character throughout her life, Susan Calvin, and what technology evolution she sees happen. The ironic thing we notice in each story is that we have very specific fundamental laws and yet in each story, we see clever ways where the intelligent machines overcome or sidestep those laws in a way most people would not imagine. We see very interesting people, as intelligent machines are not simply supercomputer but they develop feelings, they do come to care a bit for their humans...
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