Blog post 5

In the story "Reason" by Isaac Asimov, robots are supposed to adhere to three rules, 1. robot may not harm a human, or through inaction allow a human to come to harm 2. A robot must obey orders given it by humans, except where such orders would violate the first law 3. A robot must protect its own existence, except where such action would violate laws 1 and 2. These rules were made to follow the idea that the humans would always be the masters of the robots, but what happens when they create a robot smart enough to make up his own master? Once that happens all these rules go down the drain. Once Cutie begins to believe that there is a higher power involved in all of this, humans become inferior beings. I thought it was cool that even though they had completely different beliefs, in the end they found out they could still work together despite those differences.
In "Super-Toys Last All Summer Long" by Brian Aldiss, the world has become massively overpopulated and restrictions have been placed on having children. The world is so distraught that nobody wants to have windows if all they're going to see is chaos. With the technology that has been created everyone is able to stay inside and enjoy gardens or cities without actually having to go outside. Not to mention that social interactions or relations with other humans are no longer necessary  because synthetic humans are being made so that they can ease the loneliness. The technology in this stories allows for human interactions to cease existing.  I found it really sad that David just wanted to be loved by his mother, like any child would, even though he was a synthetic life form. However, the mother couldn't love him because she knew he wasn't actually her son or even human.