Point of View
Author: Isaac Asimov
Published in Year: 1975
short story in the Series: Asimov's Robots
Set in the Universe: Foundation
Cover Notes
(:redirect quiet=1 PointOfView:) Roger's father works with a supercomputer called a Multivac, which has been malfunctioning lately as it comes up with different solutions each time to problems it is asked to solve. After coworkers tell him to take a break, he takes Roger out to lunch. His father tells him what he thinks is wrong with the Multivac, and then from this Roger decides that it is like a child, and like one needs a break from work, saying that if you made a kid do work all day than it would get stuff wrong on purpose. His father reassure this inference with Roger, who confirms it saying, "Dad, a kid's got to play too."
Publication History
Publication history in print
- Point of View first published in 1975