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Written by Isaac Asimov
A short story in the Robot Stories Of Isaac Asimov series
Cover Notes
A Susan Calvin story.
The robot Machines, powerful computers that control the world's economy and production, start giving instructions that appear to go against their function. Although each glitch is only small, the fact that they exist at all is alarming. Dr. Calvin and Stephen Byerley, now World Co-ordinator, investigate.
It is 2052, and machines are in control of the world...luckily Asimov knows his audience will appreciate a good story, and doesn't resort to alarmism. Anyway, here the machines' First Law is similar to the later Zeroth Law, i.e. "No robot may harm humanity...", and it is this that causes the problems. The people affected are all anti-robot, and so the machines demote them or put them out of business so that they cannot gain enough power to incite a revolution
Publication History
This story is contained in:
- Astounding Science Fiction magazine edited by John W Campbell - published June, 1950 by Street And Smith
- I Robot by Isaac Asimov - published December, 1950 by Gnome
Categories: Authors Isaac Asimov ! Series Robot Stories Of Isaac Asimov
