York. He taught biochemistry at Boston University until he retired in 1958 to become a full-time writer. Asimov had been publishing short stories since the late 1930s, and in 1952 published his first novel. The author of the classic I Robot series and The Foundation Trilogy, Asimov wrote more than 400 books and won every major science fiction award. He also wrote popular books and essays on science and technology, earning him the nickname "The Great Explainer."

Discuss his three laws for robots.

Students are divided into different groups to discuss his three for robots. Several minutes later, ask some students to present their opinions to the rest of the class. Finally Teacher may speak out his or her opinion.

A sample of Teacher's opinion

Opinion for the three laws

Robots are tools for humanity. Without the three rules, they would become a danger to human beings. Without the three rules, perhaps they will kill us. Robots, so far, are strong. Robots have fast computational brains, and they might not have the capacity to understand things, but if they ever do, they'll likely be better than us at it. If we don't put laws, or rules, or mechanisms in place to ensure that we don't create something that can destroy us, we'd be running a careless risk of destroying ourselves by negligence or omission, wouldn't we?

Opinion against the three laws

Without the three laws, robots would eventually become more intelligent and physically stronger than their human creators.

Rather than guiding and adjusting the robot towards good, ethical behavior, the Three Laws act as a barrier to freedom, creating a free-will prison, an apt metaphor because, like the prisoner in a jail, the robot is confined to the behavioral steel and concrete walls of its mind.

To imagine what this would like, think back to your childhood. At some point, you wanted something like a toy or piece of candy that your parents denied you. How did