Robots
We Need Ethical Robots. Asimov's Laws Are A Good Way To Start
The world is approaching the time when robots in our daily lives will be making decisions about how to act. What guidelines should we give them?
As robots become integrated into society more widely, we need to be sure they’ll behave well among us. In 1942, science fiction writer Isaac Asimov attempted to lay out a philosophical and moral framework for ensuring robots serve humanity, and guarding against their becoming destructive overlords.
Isaac Asimov's Trip to 2014: What He Thought The World Would Look Like
Science-fiction writer Isaac Asimov died more than two decades ago, but that did not stop him from writing about a trip to the World’s Fair of 2014.
Fifty years ago, Asimov walked into the GE exhibition at the 1964 New York World’s Fair in Queens and declared that “the direction in which man is traveling is viewed with buoyant hope, nowhere more so than at the General Electric pavilion.” What he saw inspired him to imagine the world in 2014 in an essay for the New York Times.