…except in this case, the closed room is the supposed infallibility of perfect machine logic. It may be possible to explore them as a thought experiment but fundamentally they're a plot device. In The Rest of the Robots, published in 1964, Isaac Asimov noted that when he began writing in 1940 he felt that "one of the stock plots of science fiction was ... robots were created and destroyed their creator. Knowledge has…
…and hubris in even attempting to do so. Taking them seriously is about as absurd as taking the "post scarcity economy" of Star Trek seriously. They don't work, they're designed not to work. In The Rest of the Robots, published in 1964, Isaac Asimov noted that when he began writing in 1940 he felt that "one of the stock plots of science fiction was ... robots were created and destroyed their creator. Knowledge has…
…and Empire Second Foundation Foundation’s Edge Foundation and Earth And here is an Expanded Chronological order, which includes books written by other authors after Asimov died: I, Robot The Rest of the Robots (1964) The Complete Robot (1982) Robot Dreams (1986) Robot Visions (1990) The Positronic Man (1992) (co-written by Robert Silverberg) Mother Earth (1948) (minor inconsistencies) The Caves…
我觉得咱们可以问问苏珊·凯文博士（Susan Calvin）:-)（参见阿西莫夫的《我，机器人》和/或《其余的机器人》里的八个故事）
I guess we could ask Dr. Susan Calvin :-) (see Asimov's I Robot and/or Eight Stories from the Rest Of The Robots)
……只不过在这种情况下，密室变成了所谓机器完美逻辑的绝无差错。作为思想实验来探讨或许还行，但归根结底它们只是情节工具。在1964年出版的《其余的机器人》中，艾萨克·阿西莫夫提到，他在1940年开始写作时觉得“科幻小说的老套路之一就是……机器人被创造出来，然后毁灭了它们的创造者。知识拥有……
…except in this case, the closed room is the supposed infallibility of perfect machine logic. It may be possible to explore them as a thought experiment but fundamentally they're a plot device. In The Rest of the Robots, published in 1964, Isaac Asimov noted that when he began writing in 1940 he felt that "one of the stock plots of science fiction was ... robots were created and destroyed their creator. Knowledge has…
……甚至试图这么做本身都是一种狂妄自大。把它们当回事，荒谬程度堪比把《星际迷航》里的“后稀缺经济”当回事。它们根本行不通，设计初衷就是行不通的。在1964年出版的《其余的机器人》中，艾萨克·阿西莫夫提到，他在1940年开始写作时觉得“科幻小说的老套路之一就是……机器人被创造出来，然后毁灭了它们的创造者。知识拥有……
…and hubris in even attempting to do so. Taking them seriously is about as absurd as taking the "post scarcity economy" of Star Trek seriously. They don't work, they're designed not to work. In The Rest of the Robots, published in 1964, Isaac Asimov noted that when he began writing in 1940 he felt that "one of the stock plots of science fiction was ... robots were created and destroyed their creator. Knowledge has…
……以及《基地与帝国》《第二基地》《基地边缘》《基地与地球》。这里还有一份扩展版的时间线顺序，包含了阿西莫夫去世后其他作者写的书：《我，机器人》《其余的机器人》（1964）《机器人全集》（1982）《机器人之梦》（1986）《机器人视觉》（1990）《正子人》（1992，与罗伯特·银伯格合著）《地球母亲》（1948，有些许自相矛盾处）《钢穴》……
…and Empire Second Foundation Foundation’s Edge Foundation and Earth And here is an Expanded Chronological order, which includes books written by other authors after Asimov died: I, Robot The Rest of the Robots (1964) The Complete Robot (1982) Robot Dreams (1986) Robot Visions (1990) The Positronic Man (1992) (co-written by Robert Silverberg) Mother Earth (1948) (minor inconsistencies) The Caves…