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. Well said.What do you want to know. You are the first supervisor, Derec said. What are your firstrecollections? I was awakened by a utility robot we call 1-1, Avernus said, his redphotocells fixed on Derec. 1-1 had already awakened fifty other utilitymachines.I awakened with a full knowledge of who and what I was: a semi-autonomous robot whose function was to supervise the mines for city building,and to supervise the building of other supervisors to fulfill various tasks. Were you programmed to serve humans? No, Avernus said quickly. We were programmed with human information, bothwithin us and within the core unit, which was also operational when I wasawakened.Our decision to service was one we arrived at independently. Could that be the reason that the robots here have been less thanenthusiastic about Katherine and me? Derec asked. Not knowing human reality,you accepted an ideal that was impossible for us to live up to. That is, perhaps, true, Avernus agreed. How long ago did your awakening take place? A year ago, give or take. And did you see any human beings, or have knowledge of any, at that time? No.Our first action was the construction of the Compass Tower.After that,we began our philosophical deliberations as to our purpose in the universe. How about 1-1? Did he have any contact with humans? It never occurred to us to ask, Avernus said. Where is 1-1 now? Derec asked, feeling himself working toward something. In the tunnels, Avernus said, gesturing toward the elevators. 1-1 works themines. Derec jumped off the makeshift seat. Take me there, he said. Security. the robot began. I m a human being, Derec said. This world was designed for me and my kind.I m sorry, Avernus, but if you exist to serve, it s time you started to actlike it.If you respect your own philosophies, you must accept the fact thatyour security measures were not designed to keep you secure from human beings.If they were, there is something desperately wrong with your basicphilosophy. It is dangerous in the mines, Avernus replied.Page 41 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.html You can protect me. The robot stood looking between Derec and the elevator doors. I must deny youthe central core, he said at length. I must deny you knowledge of ouremergency measures.But you are a human being, and this is your world to sharewith us.I will take you to 1-1 and protect you.If, at some point, protectingyou means sending you back to the surface, I will do that. Fair enough, Derec said, looking at his watch. We must go. They moved toward the elevators, Rec joining them within the large car.Indeference to the supervisor, the other robots let them have the car tothemselves.Avernus pushed a stud in the wall and the door closed.The carstarted downward.It went down a long way. The trick to movement in the mines is deliberation, Avernus said, as the carshuddered to a stop. Deliberation, Derec repeated.The door slid open to delirious activity.Thousands of utility robots movedthrough a huge cavern that stretched as far as Derec could see in eitherdirection.A continuous line of train cars rolled past on movable tracks,delivering raw ore to the giant smelters that refined it to more workablestages where it was heated and alloyed with other materials.The ceiling wasthirty-five meters high and cut from the raw earth.Clean rooms filled thespace at regular intervals. Iron! Avernus said, stretching his arms wide. The foundation upon whichthe ferrous metals are based, from which the modern world is made possible.Wemine it in huge quantities, using it in its raw state to make our equipment,and alloyed with special plastics to form our city.There! He pointed to a machine through which layers of iron were belt-feeding,together with imprinted patterns of micro-circuits.The congealed mass issuedfrom the top of the machine and proceeded through the ceiling in a continuousribbon, the building material that Derec had seen extruded on the surface. That is the stuff of Robot City, Avernus said. Iron and plastic alloy, cutwith large amounts of carbon, and using carbon monoxide as a reducing agent.The skin is then imprinted with millions of micro-circuits per square meter.In centimeter, independent sections, the skin is alive with roboticintelligence, geared to human needs and protection.The whole is pre-programmed to build and behave in a prescribed fashion, and to react to humanneeds as they arise. That s why the walls give when I push on them, Derec said, moving gingerlyout of the elevator and staying close to Avernus. Exactly.Now remember, deliberation.Stay close. Avernus moved out into the middle of the furious activity, machines and robotsand train cars rushing quickly all around them.As Avernus stepped into thepath of onrushing vehicles, Derec froze, wanting to pull back.But theexpected accidents never took place, the robots and their machines gauging allthe actions around them and reacting perfectly to them.That s when the concept of deliberation became clear to Derec.Movement neededto be deliberate, with constant forward momentum.All judgment was based onthe idea that movement would be steady and could be avoided once gauged.Itwas the erratic movement that was dangerous the abrupt stop, the jump back;down here, such movements would be fatal.Once he understood the concept, it became easier to walk into the path of on-rushing vehicles [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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. Well said.What do you want to know. You are the first supervisor, Derec said. What are your firstrecollections? I was awakened by a utility robot we call 1-1, Avernus said, his redphotocells fixed on Derec. 1-1 had already awakened fifty other utilitymachines.I awakened with a full knowledge of who and what I was: a semi-autonomous robot whose function was to supervise the mines for city building,and to supervise the building of other supervisors to fulfill various tasks. Were you programmed to serve humans? No, Avernus said quickly. We were programmed with human information, bothwithin us and within the core unit, which was also operational when I wasawakened.Our decision to service was one we arrived at independently. Could that be the reason that the robots here have been less thanenthusiastic about Katherine and me? Derec asked. Not knowing human reality,you accepted an ideal that was impossible for us to live up to. That is, perhaps, true, Avernus agreed. How long ago did your awakening take place? A year ago, give or take. And did you see any human beings, or have knowledge of any, at that time? No.Our first action was the construction of the Compass Tower.After that,we began our philosophical deliberations as to our purpose in the universe. How about 1-1? Did he have any contact with humans? It never occurred to us to ask, Avernus said. Where is 1-1 now? Derec asked, feeling himself working toward something. In the tunnels, Avernus said, gesturing toward the elevators. 1-1 works themines. Derec jumped off the makeshift seat. Take me there, he said. Security. the robot began. I m a human being, Derec said. This world was designed for me and my kind.I m sorry, Avernus, but if you exist to serve, it s time you started to actlike it.If you respect your own philosophies, you must accept the fact thatyour security measures were not designed to keep you secure from human beings.If they were, there is something desperately wrong with your basicphilosophy. It is dangerous in the mines, Avernus replied.Page 41 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.html You can protect me. The robot stood looking between Derec and the elevator doors. I must deny youthe central core, he said at length. I must deny you knowledge of ouremergency measures.But you are a human being, and this is your world to sharewith us.I will take you to 1-1 and protect you.If, at some point, protectingyou means sending you back to the surface, I will do that. Fair enough, Derec said, looking at his watch. We must go. They moved toward the elevators, Rec joining them within the large car.Indeference to the supervisor, the other robots let them have the car tothemselves.Avernus pushed a stud in the wall and the door closed.The carstarted downward.It went down a long way. The trick to movement in the mines is deliberation, Avernus said, as the carshuddered to a stop. Deliberation, Derec repeated.The door slid open to delirious activity.Thousands of utility robots movedthrough a huge cavern that stretched as far as Derec could see in eitherdirection.A continuous line of train cars rolled past on movable tracks,delivering raw ore to the giant smelters that refined it to more workablestages where it was heated and alloyed with other materials.The ceiling wasthirty-five meters high and cut from the raw earth.Clean rooms filled thespace at regular intervals. Iron! Avernus said, stretching his arms wide. The foundation upon whichthe ferrous metals are based, from which the modern world is made possible.Wemine it in huge quantities, using it in its raw state to make our equipment,and alloyed with special plastics to form our city.There! He pointed to a machine through which layers of iron were belt-feeding,together with imprinted patterns of micro-circuits.The congealed mass issuedfrom the top of the machine and proceeded through the ceiling in a continuousribbon, the building material that Derec had seen extruded on the surface. That is the stuff of Robot City, Avernus said. Iron and plastic alloy, cutwith large amounts of carbon, and using carbon monoxide as a reducing agent.The skin is then imprinted with millions of micro-circuits per square meter.In centimeter, independent sections, the skin is alive with roboticintelligence, geared to human needs and protection.The whole is pre-programmed to build and behave in a prescribed fashion, and to react to humanneeds as they arise. That s why the walls give when I push on them, Derec said, moving gingerlyout of the elevator and staying close to Avernus. Exactly.Now remember, deliberation.Stay close. Avernus moved out into the middle of the furious activity, machines and robotsand train cars rushing quickly all around them.As Avernus stepped into thepath of onrushing vehicles, Derec froze, wanting to pull back.But theexpected accidents never took place, the robots and their machines gauging allthe actions around them and reacting perfectly to them.That s when the concept of deliberation became clear to Derec.Movement neededto be deliberate, with constant forward momentum.All judgment was based onthe idea that movement would be steady and could be avoided once gauged.Itwas the erratic movement that was dangerous the abrupt stop, the jump back;down here, such movements would be fatal.Once he understood the concept, it became easier to walk into the path of on-rushing vehicles [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]