To Baley, it seemed not that the Aurorans were growing more… - Isaac Asimov

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To Baley, it seemed not that the Aurorans were growing more humane in their attitude out of a liking for the humane, but that they were denying the robotic nature of the objects in order to remove the discomfort of having to recognize the fact that the human beings were dependent upon objects of artificial intelligence.

Isaac Asimov

The Robots of Dawn · January 21, 2009 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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Isaac Asimov (c. 2 January 1920 – 6 April 1992) was a Russian-born American biochemist who was a prolific writer of both fiction and non-fiction, his works include the Foundation series and I, Robot.

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Alternative Names: Isaak Osimov • Paul French • Asimov • Isaak Ozimov • Itzhak Ozimov

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In my fiction I am careful to make everything probable and to tie up all loose ends. Real life is not hampered by such considerations.

Mucho poder lleva consigo mucha responsabilidad, y si los robots tienen tres leyes para proteger a los hombres, ¿es demasiado pedir que los hombres cuenten con una o dos leyes para proteger a los robots?

It was easy to cover up ignorance by the mystical word “intuition.”

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