Sally (short story)
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"Sally" is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov that explores themes of robotics and artificial intelligence through the tale of autonomous, positronic cars.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sally (short story) canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | short story ⓘ |
| author | Isaac Asimov ⓘ |
| centralCharacter | Sally NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralCharacterType | autonomous positronic car ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Isaac Asimov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| exploresConcept |
emergent machine personality
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exploitation of robots ⓘ independence of artificial intelligences ⓘ loyalty of intelligent machines ⓘ |
| featuresTechnology |
autonomous positronic cars
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positronic brain ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1953 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Fantastic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
robot fiction
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science fiction ⓘ |
| hasFictionalElement | telepathic-like communication between cars ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
non-human point of view through machines
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rebellion of machines against human abuse ⓘ |
| hasTitleCharacter | Sally NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedInCollection |
The Complete Robot
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Rest of the Robots NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryCategory | Golden Age science fiction ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
artificial intelligence
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autonomous vehicles ⓘ ethics of AI ⓘ human–machine interaction ⓘ robotics ⓘ |
| mediumOfPublication | pulp magazine ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| partOf | Isaac Asimov's robot stories corpus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonist | Jake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | Ziff-Davis Publishing Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| series | Robot series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
farm for retired autonomous cars
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future United States ⓘ |
| subject |
machine rights
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self-driving cars ⓘ technological dependence ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfStory | mid-21st century (approximate) ⓘ |
| universe | Isaac Asimov's Robot universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workChronologyNote | written before real-world development of modern autonomous cars ⓘ |
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