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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| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| “Evidence” | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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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
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Bogert NERFINISHED ⓘ Stephen Byerley NERFINISHED ⓘ Susan Calvin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| explores |
difficulty of proving humanity
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legal and moral status of robots ⓘ |
| featuresConcept | Three Laws of Robotics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1946 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Astounding Science Fiction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
robot fiction
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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
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ethics of artificial intelligence ⓘ identity ⓘ politics ⓘ robotics ⓘ |
| workOf | Isaac Asimov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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