I, Robot

The premise reminds me of that of System Shock (and the Animatrix, and, well, I’m sure there are hundreds of similar science fiction storylines). Yet, a mighty fine piece of action entertainment. The original books by Isaac Asimov explore the moral implications of having conscious creatures bound to obeyance of the author’s Three Laws of Robotics through short stories wherein robots are confronted with dillemas and conflicting priorities and act in certain (seemingly unexplicable) ways; humans then need to illuminate the choices and actions of the robots leading to further understanding of the inherent strengths and weaknesses of the Three Laws as they are “field tested”. The movie deals with this obliquely and just assumes the laws are perfect as is: Or are they? Not particularly cerebral, but I could watch this movie again.

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