Prophets of Science Fiction — S01E05 — Isaac Asimov
2012 · 45 MIN · IMDB 7.6
Overview
He saved the future from Evil Robots! Isaac Asimov dreamed a better future where we need not fear our own technology. His I, Robot stories of a sci-fi future where robots can do our jobs for us lead to the creation of real-life industrial robots--and paved the way for a robo-friendly world. Today, droid doctors save lives performing delicate spinal surgery, and automaton astronauts repair orbital stations in the vacuum of space. And it all started with Isaac Asimov's futuristic sci-fi vision: a robot in every home.
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00:00:06 Narrator: WILL ROBOTS TAKE OVER THE WORLD?
00:02:09 IS BECAUSE THE WORD "SCIENCE" WAS IN IT.
00:04:03 AND IN EFFECT, AHEAD OF HIS TIME.
00:05:41 Narrator: IN THE EARLIEST OF THE "I, ROBOT" STORIES,
00:07:27 BUT ALSO FOR THE SOCIALLY ASSISTIVE ROBOTICS CONTEXT.
00:08:54 TO GIVE IT MORE NATURAL INTERACTION WITH HUMANS,
00:10:26 Narrator: SOCIALLY ASSISTIVE UNITS LIKE PR2 AND BANDIT
00:12:20 HE SAID I WAS HAVING MY ROBOTS BEHAVE
00:14:06 WILL OVERRIDE THE OTHER TWO LAWS.
00:15:53 WILL SMARTER, MORE ADVANCED ROBOTS
00:17:42 WITH THE ROBOT'S LOCATION ALONG THE SPINE
00:19:21 Bhatia: THE NUMBER-ONE FAILSAFE WITH THE ROBOT IS THE SURGEON.
00:21:21 ASIMOV UNDERSTOOD THE NEEDS OF GETTING RID OF DESPOTS
00:23:15 AND STILL SOLVE THE PROBLEM THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED.
00:25:27 THIS IS SAVING OUR SERVICEMEN'S LIVES.
00:27:28 THAT IT WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY THEIR IDEOLOGICAL ENEMY.
00:29:24 AND I SAID, "WHAT?"
00:31:12 THE ROBOT TAKES OVER SOME OF THE FUNCTIONS... FOR EXAMPLE,
00:32:47 BRIDGES THOSE TWO DIFFERENT ERAS OF FEARING TECHNOLOGY
00:34:52 SO THAT PEOPLE CAN NOW, THROUGH PURE VOLITION, JUST THINKING,
00:36:33 AND EVERYTHING ELSE
00:38:36 TAPPING INTO HIS DEEP AND ECLECTIC RESERVE OF KNOWLEDGE.
00:40:21 ASIMOV ASSURES US ROBOTS WILL NOT TAKE OVER THE WORLD
00:42:29 CELEBRATED THE POWER AND POSSIBILITY OF SCIENCE.
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Prophets of Science Fiction, season 1, episode 5: Isaac Asimov.
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