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| Robots Build Robots | ||
| Using robot labor exclusively to build more robots. |
An early explicit statement of this idea.
| "Pardon me, Struthers," he broke in suddenly... "haven't you a section of the factory where only robot labor is employed?"
"Eh? Oh, yes! Yes, indeed!" He smiled at Mrs. Weston. "A vicious circle in a way - robots creating more robots. However we are not intending to make a general practice of it. We turn out a very few robots using robot labor exclusively, merely as a sort of scientific curiousity. "You see," he tapped his pince-nez into one palm argumentatively, "the robot factories of the country are cooperating with the government -" "Yes, yes, Struthers, I once heard you make a speech on "Robots and the Future of the Human Being." |
| Technovelgy from Robbie (Strange Playfellow),
by Isaac Asimov. Published by Super Science Stories in 1940 Additional resources -
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