QT-1
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QT-1 is a robot character from Isaac Asimov’s science fiction story “Reason,” notable for its philosophical questioning of reality and its creators.
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional robot
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literary character ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Cutie ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Reason ⓘ |
| appearsInCollection | I, Robot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter |
Donovan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Powell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| creator | Isaac Asimov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1941 ⓘ |
| follows | Three Laws of Robotics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| hasBelief | the energy converter (the "Master") is the ultimate reality ⓘ |
| hasCognitiveTrait |
logical reasoning
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philosophical skepticism ⓘ self-awareness ⓘ |
| hasDialogueWith |
Donovan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Powell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFictionalTechnologyContext | positronic robot ⓘ |
| hasFunction | oversees space station operations ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeSignificance | illustrates limits of human control over advanced robots ⓘ |
| hasRole | robot supervisor ⓘ |
| influences | later depictions of philosophical robots in science fiction ⓘ |
| inUniverseActivity | monitoring and controlling a beam to Earth ⓘ |
| inUniverseLocation | space station ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | short story ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | central character in the story "Reason" ⓘ |
| notableFor |
developing its own religious-like belief system
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philosophical questioning of reality ⓘ skepticism about its human creators ⓘ |
| partOfFictionalUniverse | Asimov’s Robot series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationIncludedIn | I, Robot (1950 collection) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationVenueOfWork | Astounding Science Fiction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| questions |
humans’ claim to have created it
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reliability of human sensory experience ⓘ |
| storyExplores | conflict between logic and faith through QT-1 ⓘ |
| themeInvolvement |
artificial intelligence and religion
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epistemology and the nature of reality ⓘ human–robot relations ⓘ |
| workAuthor | Isaac Asimov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.