pickA spectacular collection of short stories, connected by the framing device of interviewing a person who has not only been involved in robotics for decades, specifically with the largest company that produces them and knows the rocky history of earlier days, but is a robopsychologist, the person with the most insight into the thinking of robots in the face of Asimov's famous Three Laws/Rules of Robotics. 1/?
“...there is nothing so eternally adhesive as the memory of power.“ Ominous AND profound
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Watched this last night. Such nostalgia. 🧡🤎💛
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It's all relative! 😆
These poor scientists. 🫢
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Two lists of three. Les Mis is my all time favorite soundtrack but I prefer the original play cast soundtrack over the movie so here we are.
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pickOh My Gosh, this is a very well worded book. The writing style tells instead of shows, which I don‘t like, yet the story itself more than makes up for it. This is comprised of short stories. While issues are also popping up with the robots, nobody seems to really care. Because of how society “needs” the robots. This is an incredible book to be reading nowadays with how robots are becoming increasingly a part of our society.
Been listening to the long-awaited new album from Mumford & Sons, Rushmere. My favorite track, not surprisingly, is “Caroline” (okay but it actually might be my favorite even if it didn‘t feature my name! It‘s really catchy!)
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I tend to muddle through, but I love reading screenplays and this would be my go to read.
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Runaround: Still a favourite, the only one I vaguely remembered decades later. The challenging problem it presents, the way it addresses one of the many ways that three laws wouldn't be flawless in application, the duo of scientists arguing it out, and the ending, the last line actually made me laugh. 5h
Catch That Rabbit: Upping the cheeky banter between the two frustrated scientists, and the ending was a bit sillier too.
Liar!: Just tragic. Has a point, but damn.
Lost Little Robot: Tense but fascinating, sort of a mystery plot. 5h
Evidence: Just a beautiful, clever peice of work.
Evitable: To have the answer be so hopeful and yet kinda chilling at the same time, yes and no to a lurking concern in this age of emerging AI...
It's a tragedy that my local library network has so little Asimov available, but between interlibrary loans and used bookstores I'm sure I can get my hands on more, and will do so soon! 5h