ACLU to police using robots: Tell us more

Re:ACLU to police using robots: Tell us more by TheCoelacanth on Monday December 02, 2019 @06:35PM (#21688306)

I would assume they're referring to the original short stories published in I, Robot, which has numerous robots gone awry stories, but not the the taking over planning for all of human civilization plot that you are referring to.

That plot was from books he wrote 40 years later to unify the Foundation and Robots series. Many fans consider it a rage-inducing retcon.

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Re:ACLU to police using robots: Tell us more by shadowgovt on Monday December 02, 2019 @06:58PM (#21688461)

I'm referring specifically to "The Evitable Conflict" (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Evitable_Conflict), which I believe appeared in the original 1950 collection. It specifically includes the plot of the world coordinating machines causing some harm to come to some individuals to optimize the survival of the machines and the outcome for humanity as a whole.

I'll have to look up the other stories you referenced though; I'm unfamiliar with them and they sound fascinating.

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