Я, Робот

The Evitable Conflict

           Inshort,Idon’tknowthatIcanhelpyou,Stephen."

           TheCo-ordinatorlaughedshortly,"Nevertheless,letmetellyoutherest.Letmegiveyoumytheories,andperhapsyouwillthenbeabletotellmewhethertheyarepossibleinthelightofrobopsychology."

           "Byallmeans.Goahead."

           "Well,sincetheMachinesaregivingthewronganswers,then,assumingthattheycannotbeinerror,thereisonlyonepossibility.Theyarebeinggiventhewrongdata!Inotherwords,thetroubleishuman,andnotrobotic.SoItookmyrecentplanetaryinspectiontour-"

           "FromwhichyouhavejustreturnedtoNewYork."

           "Yes.Itwasnecessary,yousee,sincetherearefourMachines,onehandlingeachofthePlanetaryRegions.Andallfourareyieldingimperfectresults."

           "Oh,butthatfollows,Stephen.IfanyoneoftheMachinesisimperfect,thatwillautomaticallyreflectintheresultoftheotherthree,sinceeachoftheotherswillassumeaspartofthedataonwhichtheybasetheirowndecisions,theperfectionoftheimperfectfourth.Withafalseassumption,theywillyieldfalseanswers."

           "Uh-huh.Soitseemedtome.Now,IhaveheretherecordsofmyinterviewswitheachoftheRegionalVice-Coordinators.Wouldyoulookthroughthemwithme?-Oh,andfirst,haveyouheardofthe`SocietyforHumanity’?"

           "Umm,yes.TheyareanoutgrowthoftheFundamentalistswhohavekeptU.S.Robotsfromeveremployingpositronicrobotsonthegroundsofunfairlaborcompetitionandsoon.The’SocietyforHumanity’itselfisanti-Machine,isitnot?"

           "Yes,yes,but-Well,youwillsee.

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