Is the book 'I Robot' by Isaac Asimov a utopian or dystopian book?

Answer 1

It is both. It is a utopian view of a world where we have incorporated technology into our lives successfully, but it is also a dystopic cautionary tale about creating a slave race. You can't rely on other "people" to do your work or to solve your problems without putting yourself in their power to a large extent. As with many other Science Fiction stories, whether it is a utopia or a Dystopia depends on perspective. Do you see it as an ideal future or as a horrible future, and is that future mostly a utopia that just needs a few tweaks to avoid a robot rebellion, or is it mostly a dystopia where we shouldn't even begin to mess with artificial intelligence? ... It raises questions and makes you think.

Answer 2

I suppose that depends on what you believe about the ideal future.

A lot of things have changed in the future world this story envisions, and some of them are probably good... better than now. So that would be a utopian story. The little girl in the story thinks that it might have been better before, and you see that she might have less social interaction in this future world than there is for schoolchildren today... and that would be a dystopian view.

So, could be either. Probably is both.

Answer 3

I suppose no. Issac Asimov wrote it to explain his three laws of robotics:

1. A robot may not harm human being.
2. A robot must obey human being except if it is in contradiction with the first law.
3. A robot may not harm itself except if it is in contradiction with the first or second law.

Answer 4

The book "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov can be classified as neither a utopian nor dystopian book. It is a collection of interconnected short stories that explore the relationship between humans and robots, focusing on the ethical and moral implications of advanced Artificial Intelligence. The stories depict a future society that grapples with the challenges and complexities of integrating robotics into everyday life.

Answer 5

Definitely Utopian. Men and Machines get to live eternally in and out of real space and hyper space - even past the ultimate end of the universe.