Robert Sheckley on AI
2 quotes from Robert Sheckley on the wall, 1953, newest first. Each one is verbatim and links to where it was said. Sources include Galaxy Science Fiction, Science Fiction Stories.
Giving a machine the job that was our own responsibility
American science fiction writer Robert Sheckley published this story about self-learning police drones meant to stop murder in Galaxy Science Fiction in February 1953. A manufacturer, Gelsen, speaks the line to his engineer Macintyre.
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Robert Sheckley published this story about Answerer, a machine built to answer any valid question about the nature of things, in Science Fiction Stories in 1953. This is the story's closing line.