This is bound to be the strangest Diary I have ever written, and perhaps the strangest Diary you have ever read. I may strike a nerve in myself or in you, or this may be a complete disaster. So let's hold our breath, and jump into this together. I apologize in advance for the existential Diary.
Last night, I watched i-Robot. This is the futuristic thriller starring Will Smith, and based on an Issac Asimov book. I haven't watched a movie in months, but this was actually recommended by a Red family member, so I thought I'd give it a try. I expected a straight up sci-fi thriller, with lots of robot blood (or lubrication as it was) and guts (wires). And I did indeed get all of that - the special effects were fantastic.
But it was the subplot that kept me up nearly all night. During the opening of the movie, The Three Laws of Robotics were presented. These three laws were coded into the "hardware" of each robot that was produced, with the intent of keeping the robots safe, helpful and anti-revolutionary toward the humans who created them.
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