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I, Robot, A Metaphorical Analy - Online Essay

I, Robot, A Metaphorical Analy

We as humans always assume that we can do as we please, that there are not rules defining what we can and cannot do. We think this of all of the creatures that are placed on this earth. However, when we create something, we place defining rules upon it. In the book i, Robot, Isaac Asimov, gives a series of short stories relating to the creation, "life" and the evolution of robot kind. The robotss in his story are experimented with and changed, new things are put in when old one don't work, in fact the robots in his story are much like a pot that a child would throw things into and see how they turn out.
As children we want to experiment with things, whatever they be. That is the purpose ...

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brains in a concoction of platinum and iridium which make up a sponge. This sponge, made mostly by trial and error, and just throwing things into "pots" and seeing what it did.
Many children, when they find something they like, some food in the pot, stick with it, but they try to improve on it, putting sweet things into it. The robots, who are treated like pots, have one good thing. The one good thing that the robots have is the positronic brain. Although the brain is improved upon by putting "sugar" into it, the basis always stayed the same. The basis of the brain, other than just the platinum and iridium, are the basis of the actions of the robots. There are three rules that all of the robots must abide by. The laws are as follow:
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 and;
We as humans always assume that we ...

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Added: 8/3/2008 04:03:05 PM
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