Issac asimov
Issac asimovIsaac’s Vision
Once in a while, a human being comes along with the genius to change the worldviews for all time to come. One such man, named Isaac Asimov, was born in Russia on January 2, 1920. He and his parents immigrated to New York City, in 1923. Asimov originally studied science in school, but later discovered his love for writing science fiction. By the year 1950, Isaac wrote I, Robot, in this Novel he creates, the term robotics, and the three laws of robotics, which have been adopted by science fiction writer in the present. In his future books, he shows the world his vision of the future of robots through his stories. Today robots are not as advanced as Asimov envisioned they would be, although some of the problems he predicted are arising. Sadly, Isaac will not be alive to see his fictional robotic creations become reality because he passed away at the age of 72 in 1992. He will be greatly missed by the readers of science fiction, although he leaves behind him a legacy, he has forever altered the future of humanity. Isaac coined the term “Robotics” in 1950, he gave the world laws to govern the robots, most importantly, he greatly influenced the world’s vision of future robots for all time, and he did this at a time when not even the simplest one existed.
Asimov is a human writing machine, who has published more than 500 books, and has at least one book in each of the major divisions of the Dewey decimal system. Although, his most influential writing was about robots, which he basically created. In his book I, Robot, one of the stories is about the first consumer robot. This robot is non-verbal and obeys the three laws of robotics; he is sold as a nursemaid to a wealthy family. The little girl that owns him loves him a lot, although her mother doesn’t trust the robot, which is named Robbie. The mother says, “ You listen to me George. I won’t have my daughter entrusted to a machine – and I don’t care how clever it is. It has no soul, and no one knows what it may be thinking. A child just isn't made to be guarded by a thing of metal.” (I, robot p.9). George her husband has no choice but to get rid of Robbie. This example proves that “ Isaac Asimov is the greatest explainer or the age.” (Carl Sagan, Cornell University Astronomer) This also proves that “ I suspect that long after Isaac’s’ other contributions sort of blend into history, his speculations about robotics and artificial intelligence will survive long into the future, said long time collaborator Martin Greenberg, a professor of political science at the university of Wisconsin at green bay. He also says this shows how he will affect us long into the future.” (Newsday Volume 112, Number 18 P.3) This influence can already be seen in the first learning...
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