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The Three Laws of Robotics "1 - A robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. 2 - A Robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. 3 - A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law. Handbook of Robotics. 56th Edition. 2058 AD." Title page.

"'The whole trouble with Gloria is that she thinks of Robbie as a person and not as a machine. Naturally she can't forget him. Now if we managed to convince her that Robbie was nothing more than a mess of steel and copper in the form of sheets and wires with electricity its juice of life, how long would her longings last?"' "Robbie," p 740.

"Death by slow broiling...
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