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Liar and I robot

The document presents a multiple-choice quiz comparing themes and characters from Isaac Asimov's 'Liar' and 'I, Robot'. It explores public perceptions of robots, character roles, and ethical dilemmas related to artificial intelligence. The questions highlight the complexities of human-robot interactions and the societal implications of advanced technology.

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Liar and I robot

The document presents a multiple-choice quiz comparing themes and characters from Isaac Asimov's 'Liar' and 'I, Robot'. It explores public perceptions of robots, character roles, and ethical dilemmas related to artificial intelligence. The questions highlight the complexities of human-robot interactions and the societal implications of advanced technology.

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Multiple Choice, Liar vs I Robot

1. Both Liar and I robot are set in a distant future when robots are not just a project but
part of people’s everyday lives.
What is their feeling about them?

a. There is a 100% disapproval of robots


b. There are different opinions about them. Some people dislike them
c. Some groups came up with a project so that they could became legal partners.
d. Everyone likes robots and trusts them

2. We could see that in both stories the director or CEO of the company US Robots and
Mechanical Men, is…

a. Bogert
b. Milton Ashe
c. Dr Lanning
d. Will Smith

3. We might state that the robot psychologist of the company is….

a. an arrogant woman
b .an ambitious person
c. an alcoholic, unprofessional lady
d. a sensitive doctor who cares about people as well as robots

4. In Liar we find out that RB 34, also known as Herbie , has got a fault. That fault gives
him the skill of…

a. reading thought waves


b. reading novels very fast
c. solving math calculus faster than humans
d. telling lies without people noticing it

5. In Liar we learn that Herbie tells two lies. Why does he do it?
a. He was a specimen. An abnormal robot which was faulty.
b. He wants Susan Calvin to fall in love with him, not Milton Ashe
c. It is the result of the fact that he can read minds and is programmed to obey the
Three Laws of Robotics,
d. Lying is something he enjoys doing. It makes him feel superior.

6. What do we learn about Milton Ashe?

a. He is a youngest in the company and he is going to get married soon


b. He is an arrogant man who wants to be Dr Lanning’s successor.
c. He is about to retire
d. He is the robot psychologist of the company and he in sentimentally interested in Dr
Lanning

7. In I Robot Del Spooner, a homicide detective in the Chicago Police Department, has
come to hate and distrust robots because…

a. they are potential criminals.


b. he believes AI is only leaving people jobless.
c. his robotic arm gives him superhuman strength but he thinks it is not enough.
d .he was involved in a car accident where an NS-4 decided to save him from drowning
rather than a little girl

8. Spooner realizes that Lanning anticipated VIKI's plan which was…

a. to become the brain of the whole city


b .to protect humanity as a whole, some humans had to be sacrificed and some
freedoms had to be surrendered.
c. to break the three Laws of Robotics
d. to become the new CEO of US Robots and Mechanical Men.

9. In his sci fi stories , Asimov raises important questions about the potential impact of
artificial intelligence on society, such as…

a. it will replace humans at work


b. it will eventually evolve.
c. the limitations of programming ethical behavior
d. people will eventually dislike it .

10.Asimov said: “Individual science fiction stories may seem as trivial as ever to the
blinder critics and philosophers of today – but the core of science fiction, its essence,
has become crucial to our salvation if we are to be saved at all.” With this he meant…

a. that technology and specifically AI has come to stay and it will eventually take over
humanity.
B .that sci fi is a superficial genre , just some fiction to enjoy ourselves.
c. that unless we read sci fi we won’t forecast what our future will be like.
d. that science fiction could play an important role in helping humanity to confront the
challenges of the future, by imagining new possibilities and exploring the consequences
of scientific progress.

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