Isaac Asimov wrote or edited more than 500 books
he is best known for his works of science fiction;
among these is his
Robot Series -
novels and short story collections such as
I, Robotand
The Rest of Robotsin these, Asimov introduced concepts such as the
positronic brain and the
Three Laws of Robotics -
conceptions that have been incorporated into hun-
dreds of movies and TV productions, for example,
Star Trek,
Star Wars, and
Blade Runner;
and they have strongly influenced our notions
of "robots", "androids", and "artificial intelligence"
Asimov was also a scientist and educator, earning
a Ph.D. in biochemistry and teaching at Boston
University
given all this, his speculations on the evolution of
robots would hold some weight
below is an interview, conducted in 1965, in which
Asimov speculated on the eventual convergence of
man and robot
the above is an excerpt from BBC's
Horizon