December 2009
“Robot-salesmen were everywhere, gesturing, pleading, shrilling. One started...”
– Philip K. Dick’s 1954 short story Sales Pitch
““Robots have no wives,” the driver said. “They are nonsexual....”
– Philip K. Dick’s 1952 short story A Present for Pat
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One, a robot may not injure a human being, or through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm; Two, a robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law; Three, a robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws. -Isaac Asimov, Laws of Robotics from I. Robot,...
“The Nexus-6 did have two trillion constituents plus a choice within a range of...”
– Philip K. Dick’s 1968 novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Shee
