Return to Isaac Asimov main page Books-Commentary - Isaac Asimov Were robots forced to fake orgasms under Isaac Asimov's Three Law of Robotics? Asimov had a lot of kinky sex with robots in his later stories. It makes you wonder what doing it with a robot is like. Remember the first law--A robot through its action or inaction cannot cause a human harm? Well, robots can't have orgasms, can they? But their failure to would disappoint their human partner. Therefore, do you think to please their human lovers that they were compelled to fake it? Click here to post a message        The commentator Delilah Finch posts on 3/31/2008 5:35:27 PM I suppose it all depends on how the term "harm" is used. Since physical harm obviously cant be meant,I doubt if the First Law would be very strong in regards to faking orgasms. I am quite sure that R. Giskard would see it as harm under the First Law since he could sense emotions and usually the underlying reasons for them. i dont think I need to explain how "faking it" would be of no relevence to the Zeroth Law. Click here to post a message Other Recent Isaac Asimov Discussions Isaac Asimov 1/20/2009 4:18:01 PM Was Psychohistory Actually Workable? 6/30/2008 5:23:18 AM Were robots forced to fake orgasms under Isaac Asimov's Three Law of Robotics? 3/31/2008 5:35:27 PM Isaac Asimov Foundation Series: What's with the group consciousness and hermaphrodite robots? 5/4/2006 10:15:00 PM The 3 Laws of Robotics 2/17/2006 10:09:57 PM Did Isaac Asimov lose his touch towards the end in the Robots and Foundations series? 9/12/2005 9:24:00 PM What's with all the sex with robots? 8/11/2005 4:26:46 AM Note: the views expressed here are only those of the posters.

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