Monday, 5 July 2004

I, Robot

I was really excited when I learned of the I, Robot movie coming out. So I got the book and read it. It was really interesting. They taught us in our robotics class about how Isaac Asimov came up with the 3 laws of robotics. The book was interesting because it had interesting stories how robots had conflicts and almost logic loops trying to obey these at different times. They never hurt people, ever. So much that they would not even hurt peoples egos. Really cool.

They the other day I saw the trailer. It's got robots attacking people and totally kicking ass. What the hell happened to the first law? Maybe I'll have to see the movie to understand, but it sure looks like they are attacking people to me.

In the book I don't remember any guy getting killed and a cop after a robot. So, from the trailer I think that the similarities with the book would be as follows:
  1. The title is the same
  2. The company that makes robots is called USR
  3. They both have robots
  4. They talk about something that sounds like the laws of robotics
  5. They both have Will Smith in them
  6. Tons of nerds are going to spend their money on them
Okay, I think that's it for now.
Listening to: The Civilian Project - Shadow On The Sun


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  1. Ryan5 July 2004 at 13:51

    The Civilian Project? You know that's Audioslave, right?

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  2. Jim5 July 2004 at 14:21

    *cough* Ya, sure I knew... It just comes down to not having the mp3's labeled correctly.
    Man, I wish that there was a product out there that I could fix up all the meta tag info...
    Fixing stuff like that is on my "todo" list... but way down there.

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  3. Ryan5 July 2004 at 14:35

    Yeah, I know what you mean!

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  4. peter bernier5 July 2004 at 19:51

    I'm surprised they could actually make a movie about a company called USR with the real USR (www.usr.com) getting offended..
    I mean, having your "company" (note the quotes) making killer-robots, can't be good for PR no matter how you look at it..

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  5. Jim5 July 2004 at 20:47

    It probably comes from who had what first. I, Robot was written in 1950 I think, so that's probably older.

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  6. someoneorother6 November 2005 at 16:36

    you haven't posted anything in a long time

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