I, ROBOT (RUNAROUND) - Post #2

Passage:
" Powell's radio voice was tense in Donovan's ear: ' Now, look, let's start with the three fundamental Rules of Robotics-the three rules that are built most deeply into a robot's positronic brain.'  In the darkness, his gloved fingers ticked off each point.
'We have: One, a robot may not injure a human being, or through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.'
'Right!'
'Two,' continued Powell, 'a robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.'
'Right!'
'And three, a robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws.' " ( Pg. 37)

Response:
This quote is from the second chapter of I, ROBOT, shows Powell explaining the three rules that set into the robot's memory, they discuss how why they set those rules. I have think over how the creators set up the robot's mind could affect to every single person and the world if there are robots every where like book says. The rules are make for every robot that created to make sure the robot listen to the owner, and protect itself, but anything the robots do can not hurt the human. And I think those three rules answered my question on the first post which was about how the robot will treat us if there are robots in the future.


Analysis:
In this chapter I think Isaac Asimov wanted to tell us what the scientist making batter for robot life, and he also pointed out how the robot creators set the robot up while they building it. And I think his main point of this chapter is describe why they need those rules for robot if the world have the mixed of human and robot. The first few page of this chapter were hard to understand because Isaac Asimov added some of the science stuff into the story, but I think he has achieved his purpose with how the robot creators add rules for robot because that could help the curious of readers about how the robot will treat human.

I, ROBOT (ROBBIE) - Post #1

Passage:

" 'Now don't pretend you don't know what I'm talking about. It's that robot Gloria calls Robbie. He doesn't leave her for a moment.'  'Well, why should he? He's not supposed to, And he certainly isn't a terrible machine. He's the best darn robot money can buy and I'm damned sure he set me back half a year's income. He's worth it, though-darn sight cleverer than half my office staff.'

  He made a move to pick up the paper again, but his wife was quicker and snatched it away.

  'You listen to me, George. I won't have my daughter entrusted to a machine - and I don't care how clever it is. It has no soul, and no one knows what it may be thinking. A child just isn't made to be guarded by a thing of metal.' " (Pg. 7)

Response:

This quote is from the first chapter of I, ROBOT shows Mr. and Mrs. Weston were having a conversation about their daughter named Gloria that why she playing with a robot that called Robbie. I wonder what the world will look like if what Mrs. Weston said will happen. Although the book is fiction, but I know people are now creating robots and trying to fit them into our society and I guess our world will be soon look like what happen in the book. Mrs. Weston was worrying about the robot that always come with her daughter, she thinks the robot might harm her daughter because it's not a normal human. I also wonder what the robots will treat us if there are robots in the future.

Analysis:

I think the author Isaac Asimov has achieved his purpose of taking the readers into the curious by adding more situations which reacted by human emotions that could make the readers feel more exciting while the readers are reading the book. He described the world in the future will be under control with the mixed of human and robot. He used most of imagery and drama as his techniques to make the readers feel like they are drowning into what happen in the book, it keeps the readers thinking deeper, and predict what will happen.