i, Robot - by Isaac Asimov
the other day, I didn't know there was a book. Apparently the book is nothing like the movie. Rowan says the book is about an old lady whose worked at the plant or wherever for a lifetime, telling 9 stories of things that have happened over the years, to a reporter.
He was telling me about one of the stories where this robot won't believe that he was made by humans because humans are inferior, and in his understanding, there's no way something inferior can make something superior. So he believes that the machine that produced him, is God. And he worships the machine, and carries out his missions in service to the machine rather than the humans. But the humans don't mind because he's doing what they want him to do despite his motives.
And Rowan told me something about 'the three laws.' A robot must protect a human. A robot cannot harm a human, unless it's necessary to keep the first law. And a robot must obey a human. I have no ideas if those laws are right or not, I don't remember, but they sound good to me, lol.
Genre: Science fiction short stories
Series: Robot - series
Publication date: 2 December 1950
Pgs: 272
Seems like a very easy read. 9 different stories in 272 pages. I love when books have a lot of short sections.
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