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| | The Man-machine and Artificial Intelligence |
 | | The robot makes advances to the ladies and incurs the King's wrath, presenting a sexual threat which is so prevalent, as we shall see, in fears about automata. |
 | | I, Robot, by Isaac Asimov, is a much more thoughtful book-actually, a connected series of short stories-by an informed author, at a time when the presence of robots is becoming real; yet the book is mainly known only to sci-fi fans. |
 | | We are told that the event occurred in 1998; as the stories continue, by 2002 mobile speaking robots have been invented, and, between 2003 and 2007, most of the world governments-presumably pressured by the mothers of innumerable Glorias-have banned robot use on Earth for any purpose other than scientific research. |
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