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RE: He's right, though

Comment comment by jandaman on 06 February 2008

the robots in "i, Robot " were not evil and were not trying to kill us because they hated us. Did you watch that movie? They were actually trying to protect us, but were using their own logic in doing so. the only robot to become truly sentient was also the only robot that was on our side.

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RE: He's right, though by VnutZ :: NR8

the only robot to become truly sentient was also the only robot that was on our side.

Well ... Vicki could have been considered sentient and definitely was not on our side. At least, her AI >= Sonny's.

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RE: He's right, though by scottb :: NR7

Did you watch that movie?

Well, sort of. My brain shut down after I saw where it was headed.

Whatever the reasons, the director and producer turned it into a movie about car chases and explosions. Asimov would be disgusted.

In the original, Asimov set up the famous "three rules of robotics", and the entire set of stories were ultimately variations on the theme of self-determination: how could a being constrained by the three laws ultimately achieve true personhood?

Do you honestly think there was the tiniest shred of that in the movie?

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