Robots

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Robots (ISBN 978-0441013210) es una antología de ciencia ficción editada por los escritores estadounidenses Jack Dann y Gardner Dozois. Fue publicada en 2005, e incluye historias sobre el tema de "robots" que fueron publicadas originalmente de 1985 a 2003, aunque mayormente de los últimos años de ese rango. Es el 32.º libro en su serie de antologías para Ace Books.

Resumen

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Notable quotes

“Anything that is theoretically possible will be achieved in practice, no matter what the technical difficulties are, if it is desired greatly enough.”
— Arthur C. Clarke, Hazards of Prophecy: An Arresting Inquiry into the limits of the Possible: Failures of Nerve and Failures of Imagination (1962)
“The goal of the future is full unemployment, so we can play. That’s why we have to destroy the present politico-economic system.”
— Arthur C. Clarke, interview with Los Angeles Free Press, pp. 42–43, 47 (25 April 1969)
“We cannot idealize technology. Technology is only and always the reflection of our own imagination, and its uses must be conditioned by our own values. Technology can help cure diseases, but we can prevent a lot of diseases by old-fashioned changes in behavior.”
— President Bill Clinton, Remarks at Knoxville Auditorium Coliseum, Knoxville, Tennessee (10 Oct 1996) while seeking re-election. American Presidency Project web page.
“In the face of profound and epochal changes, world leaders are challenged to ensure that the coming 'fourth industrial revolution,' the result of robotics and scientific and technological innovations, does not lead to the destruction of the human person - to be replaced by a soulless machine.”
— "Pope tells world’s rich to remember the poor and avoid robots" Brandon Blackburn-Dwyer, Global Citizen, (January 21, 2016)
“Robots will play an important role in providing physical assistance and even companionship for the elderly.”
— , Watchtower Online Library
“"[Machines are] always polite, they always upsell, they never take a vacation, they never show up late, there's never a slip-and-fall or an age, sex, or race discrimination case.”
— , "Trump's Labor Pick, Andrew Puzder, Is Critic of Minimum Wage Increases", Noam Scheiber, New York Times (Dec 8 2016)

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