Robot Dreams
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Robot Dreams is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov that explores the ethical and emotional implications of advanced robotics and artificial intelligence.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Robot Dreams canonical | 4 |
| Robot Dreams (short story collection) | 1 |
| Robot Dreams (short story) | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | science fiction short story ⓘ |
| author | Isaac Asimov ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Three Laws of Robotics
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surface form:
Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics
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| collectionEditor | Isaac Asimov ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| exploresConcept |
conflict with the Three Laws of Robotics
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emergent behavior in AI ⓘ fear of autonomous machines ⓘ robots experiencing dreams ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Dr. Susan Calvin
ⓘ
robot Elvex ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | magazine publication ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn |
Asimov’s Science Fiction
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surface form:
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine
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| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| hasFictionalTechnology | positronic brain ⓘ |
| hasMoralQuestion |
responsibility of creators toward sentient machines
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whether a dreaming robot should be destroyed ⓘ |
| hasTitleCharacterType | robot ⓘ |
| includedInCollection |
Robot Dreams
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Robot Dreams (short story collection)
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| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | late 20th-century science fiction ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
advanced robotics
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artificial intelligence ⓘ emotional implications of AI ⓘ ethics of technology ⓘ human-robot relationships ⓘ machine consciousness ⓘ moral status of robots ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of a robot having a dream
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questioning the sufficiency of the Three Laws of Robotics ⓘ |
| partOfFranchise |
Asimov's positronic robot universe
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surface form:
Isaac Asimov robot series
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| publicationDecade | 1980s ⓘ |
| publisherOfCollection | Berkley Books ⓘ |
| setting |
U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation
ⓘ
future Earth ⓘ |
| subgenre | robot fiction ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| workChronologyRelation | later robot story by Asimov ⓘ |
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this entity surface form:
Robot Dreams (short story collection)
this entity surface form:
Robot Dreams (short story)