Evidence (short story)

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"Evidence" is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov that explores themes of identity and robotics through the ambiguous case of a politician suspected of secretly being a robot.

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instanceOf science fiction short story
author Isaac Asimov
centralQuestion whether Stephen Byerley is a human or a robot
character Alfred Lanning NERFINISHED
Bogert NERFINISHED
Stephen Byerley NERFINISHED
Susan Calvin NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
explores difficulty of proving humanity
legal and moral status of robots
featuresConcept Three Laws of Robotics NERFINISHED
firstPublicationYear 1946
firstPublishedIn Astounding Science Fiction NERFINISHED
genre robot fiction
science fiction
hasAmbiguousEnding true
hasInfluenceOn later robot ethics discussions in science fiction
includedInCollection I, Robot (short story collection) NERFINISHED
language English
literaryPeriod Golden Age of Science Fiction NERFINISHED
mainCharacter Stephen Byerley NERFINISHED
mediaType print
narrativeFocus a politician suspected of being a robot
partOf I, Robot NERFINISHED
publisher Street & Smith NERFINISHED
series Robot series NERFINISHED
setting near-future Earth
theme civil rights
ethics of artificial intelligence
identity
politics
robotics
workOf Isaac Asimov NERFINISHED

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