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I, Robot by Isaac Asimov

rydia's review against another edition

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emotional reflective sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot

5.0

anakuyenhn's review against another edition

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3.0

El libro me ha parecido muy interesante sobretodo por los dilemas éticos y morales que plantea. Esa dualidad de hombre-maquina que puede traer tantos beneficios a la humanidad, como también problemas.

La historia se desarrolla en el año 2057, donde la doctora en Robopsicología, Susan Calvin, nos cuenta poco a poco la evolución de los robots a lo largo de los cincuenta años que a trabajado en la compañía U.S. Robots, la principal responsable de la producción y desarrollo de robots en el planeta. A lo largo del libro conocemos, por lo relatos que nos cuenta la doctora Calvin, la historia de los robots desde sus inicios hasta el momento actual en que se desarrolla la entrevista que da vida al libro. También conocemos la historia de otros personajes como Donovan o Powell cuyo trabajo consistía en probar los nuevos modelos de robots en los entornos para los que fueron creados, enfrentándose a mil a aventuras y problemas.

En estos relatos conocemos las historias de robots niñeras que se ganan el amor de aquellos a quienes cuidan, de robots cuya única función consiste en ofrecer una fuerza de trabajo para lugares cuyas condiciones resultan mortales para los humanos, de robots que pueden realizar cálculos a velocidades impensables para un ser humano, y hasta robots que pueden decidir el destino de la humanidad.

Reseña completa: https://anakuyenhn.wordpress.com/2019/09/14/resena-yo-robot-isaac-asimov/

whimsicalmeerkat's review against another edition

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3.0

God knows how I hadn't read this before, but I absolutely loved it. Definitely going to go on to read the others. I still prefer Foundation, but this is an absolutely fascinating read. I love the way Asimov created an elaborate world to tell such a relatively simple story.

zanalex's review against another edition

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hopeful informative reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

hemhek's review against another edition

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adventurous hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

5.0

savaging's review against another edition

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3.0

I had a great time reading this book. At the same time I find the ideology behind it so distasteful, with its technocratic utopia (technocracy in the sense that the technology itself is the ruler). We put onto technology the same burden we place on God -- design a perfect system, to account perfectly for human nature, and last forever -- rather than facing the likelihood that we have no escape, and we have to start living within our folly-prone, time-bounded world now.

vengefuldime's review against another edition

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4.0

It is both entertaining and capable of remaining reflective of humanity all these years later. The short stories accelerate quickly in scope (in an interesting way) since the times are spread out over most of a life. I did not know what to really expect, but I saw much of what I assume has been inspired by these works. And I like those works!

lilli_w12's review against another edition

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3.0

There were some very interesting and insightful stories in this book, but the short story format kind of broke the immersion. I had to get into each story, and then it would be a new one. The writing was very good. It was very ahead of its time, I can’t believe this was written in the 50’s!

barefootsierra's review against another edition

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mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0


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hector_viruega's review against another edition

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5.0

No entiendo cómo los libros de Asimov son más relevantes hoy de lo que eran cuando los escribió. En especial ahora que todas nuestras conversaciones giran al rededor de la inteligencia artificial, cuesta creer que este libro no fue escrito con este periodo de tiempo en mente, y en realidad fue empezado hace 80 años.