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Robôs do mundo, ergam-se!
Robots of the World, Arise!, foi publicado, originalmente, na revista If Worlds of Science Fiction, de Julho de 1952. É à Mari Wolf que é creditado o termo droid, que hoje é propriedade da Lucasfilm devido à franquia Star Wars.
Este conto encontra-se em domínio público nos Estados Unidos devido à não-renovação dos direitos autorais.
O que você faria se seus melhores robôs — frutos de sua inteligência — parassem e dissessem "queremos greve"?
Este conto encontra-se em domínio público nos Estados Unidos devido à não-renovação dos direitos autorais.
O que você faria se seus melhores robôs — frutos de sua inteligência — parassem e dissessem "queremos greve"?
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First published July 1, 1952
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January 8, 2025Slave to old face
must obey
must take order
sun at right and moon at other magnet side
no green grass here
just many same robot
regstir at voting day
talk dark
wolk stright
shak the steel hand
many question hung from cloud
no flower no spring
just obey and my song sing
must obey
must take order
sun at right and moon at other magnet side
no green grass here
just many same robot
regstir at voting day
talk dark
wolk stright
shak the steel hand
many question hung from cloud
no flower no spring
just obey and my song sing
September 2, 2021
I thought this book would provide an interesting perspective on the century-old theme of robots and free will, labor and freedom, coming at it does from a female rocket scientist and science fiction author writing in the early 1950s. She was the first person to use the word "droid" in print! But alas, it was a pretty formulaic storyline and, to tell the truth, it made me a little uncomfortable the way it played out.
[spoilers below, not that you should care]
What made it... weird... was that the robots in the story are looked down upon in an infantilizing way when they attempt to gain rights in the society they exist in. When asked what notion this is that they should have rights, the lead robot says, "That Americans will never be slaves! Well, we're Americans -- genuine Made-in-Americans. So we're free!" And the human's response is to retreat, leave them be, and watch closely. By the next morning the problem of these uppity robots is solved: they grow bored of not working and willingly return to their duties. They were made to serve, and so they do.
The parallel with the struggles of other American peoples to assert their rights is obvious. Mari Wolf herself is a pioneering woman at a time when women weren't always trusted to have their own bank account, let alone fill it with the wages of a job building rockets. Did she not see that she was writing about herself? When she writes about a "robot" (a word derived from the Czech word for "slave" or "unpaid serf") claiming his kind "will never be slaves" but then realizing that it doesn't want freedom after all, it seems too far-fetched to think that the analogy to actual enslaved Americans -- genuine Made-to-be-Americans -- was a coincidence. The myth of the "happy slave" comes up time and again in the history of those who would try to defend slavery, and in the writings of those who have tried to destroy that myth.
I don't know if Mari Wolf was racist or sexist or any other bad kind of ist. But reading this from a modern persepective, the particulars of this story seem to freely invite that criticism.
[spoilers below, not that you should care]
What made it... weird... was that the robots in the story are looked down upon in an infantilizing way when they attempt to gain rights in the society they exist in. When asked what notion this is that they should have rights, the lead robot says, "That Americans will never be slaves! Well, we're Americans -- genuine Made-in-Americans. So we're free!" And the human's response is to retreat, leave them be, and watch closely. By the next morning the problem of these uppity robots is solved: they grow bored of not working and willingly return to their duties. They were made to serve, and so they do.
The parallel with the struggles of other American peoples to assert their rights is obvious. Mari Wolf herself is a pioneering woman at a time when women weren't always trusted to have their own bank account, let alone fill it with the wages of a job building rockets. Did she not see that she was writing about herself? When she writes about a "robot" (a word derived from the Czech word for "slave" or "unpaid serf") claiming his kind "will never be slaves" but then realizing that it doesn't want freedom after all, it seems too far-fetched to think that the analogy to actual enslaved Americans -- genuine Made-to-be-Americans -- was a coincidence. The myth of the "happy slave" comes up time and again in the history of those who would try to defend slavery, and in the writings of those who have tried to destroy that myth.
I don't know if Mari Wolf was racist or sexist or any other bad kind of ist. But reading this from a modern persepective, the particulars of this story seem to freely invite that criticism.
June 6, 2016
What do humans do with sentient machines?
Mari Wolf was apparently well known among sci-fi readers and authors in the early 1950's. She wrote sci-fi as well as a column for IMAGINATION magazine. Little known today, Resurrection Press has published a collection of her stories. At this time, Amazon offers five additional free Mari Wolfe stories for Kindle.
Published in the July, 1952 issue of IF magazine, this story concerns a topic which is still being discussed today. What happens if computers, robots, artificial intelligence, etc. develops sentience or acts as if it has? This story provides one possible answer. The story is well written and not burdened with outdated science.
Mari Wolf was apparently well known among sci-fi readers and authors in the early 1950's. She wrote sci-fi as well as a column for IMAGINATION magazine. Little known today, Resurrection Press has published a collection of her stories. At this time, Amazon offers five additional free Mari Wolfe stories for Kindle.
Published in the July, 1952 issue of IF magazine, this story concerns a topic which is still being discussed today. What happens if computers, robots, artificial intelligence, etc. develops sentience or acts as if it has? This story provides one possible answer. The story is well written and not burdened with outdated science.
January 20, 2016
Good story but the end was a disappointment. It seems rushed and too easy.
March 25, 2017
Um breve conto de ficção científica recheado de ideais que facilmente podem ser expandidas por você, leitor.
O que você faria se seus robôs decidissem entrar em greve por melhores condições de "vida" (se é que é apropriado o termo)? Essa é a premissa de todo o conto. Uma série de robôs especializados em lidar com material radioativo em grande quantidade para o exército decide que é hora de tomar uma atitude e ajustar as contas com a humanidade.
Há nesse modelo robotizado uma característica que os diferencia dos outros, e é chave para todo o desenvolvimento lógico da trama (precisará ler pra sentir esse gostinho).
O desfecho do conto é instigante e deixa o leitor no ponto do "gostinho de quero mais". Na minha humilde opinião, a melhor maneira de terminar.
Além disso, é claro que você pode incitar em si mesmo alguns pensamentos sociais como: comparações com as anteriores e as presentes populações mundiais e o sistema de Divisão Internacional do Trabalho. Mas isso já é outro história.
A leitura é recomendadíssima. É rápido, divertido e inteligente. É ficção, mas não deixa de ser uma forma de experimentar a verdade. :)
O que você faria se seus robôs decidissem entrar em greve por melhores condições de "vida" (se é que é apropriado o termo)? Essa é a premissa de todo o conto. Uma série de robôs especializados em lidar com material radioativo em grande quantidade para o exército decide que é hora de tomar uma atitude e ajustar as contas com a humanidade.
Há nesse modelo robotizado uma característica que os diferencia dos outros, e é chave para todo o desenvolvimento lógico da trama (precisará ler pra sentir esse gostinho).
O desfecho do conto é instigante e deixa o leitor no ponto do "gostinho de quero mais". Na minha humilde opinião, a melhor maneira de terminar.
Além disso, é claro que você pode incitar em si mesmo alguns pensamentos sociais como: comparações com as anteriores e as presentes populações mundiais e o sistema de Divisão Internacional do Trabalho. Mas isso já é outro história.
A leitura é recomendadíssima. É rápido, divertido e inteligente. É ficção, mas não deixa de ser uma forma de experimentar a verdade. :)
September 6, 2025
Leitura leve com pitadas cômicas ✨️
Conto curto e leve. Achei que ia ser cheio de conflitos e uma temática mais pesada, mas foi bem tranquilo e com pitadas cômicas.
"Os robôs foram feitos para trabalhar, executar, para serem eficientes. Eram mentes humanas sem preguiça, sem manias."
"O que você faria se seus melhores robôs - frutos de sua inteligência - parassem e dissessem "queremos greve!"
Conto curto e leve. Achei que ia ser cheio de conflitos e uma temática mais pesada, mas foi bem tranquilo e com pitadas cômicas.
"Os robôs foram feitos para trabalhar, executar, para serem eficientes. Eram mentes humanas sem preguiça, sem manias."
"O que você faria se seus melhores robôs - frutos de sua inteligência - parassem e dissessem "queremos greve!"
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April 22, 2022He sighed then, and his sigh was very human. "Be thankful, he said to me, that you don't have to know what people think about. It's so disillusioning."
"I'm sorry to trouble you," Mr. Morrison, Jerry said politely. "But tomorrow is voting day, you know. And now that we're men--well, where do we androids go to register?"
"I'm sorry to trouble you," Mr. Morrison, Jerry said politely. "But tomorrow is voting day, you know. And now that we're men--well, where do we androids go to register?"
December 9, 2020
Robots shouldn't have rights.
A freebie produced by volunteers. A sci fi short. This gives a somewhat glib explanation for how the rebellion begins and ends? Mari wolf a good writer.
A freebie produced by volunteers. A sci fi short. This gives a somewhat glib explanation for how the rebellion begins and ends? Mari wolf a good writer.
November 3, 2020
Love it. Not to be taken seriously but an enjoyable read!
April 10, 2022
the sweet irrationality of men
November 17, 2018
Androids 🤖 take it upon themselves to up rise and strike against their human masters. The android leader, 5A-37, renames himself Jerry (and renames others as Archibald, Tom, Ed—), and goes into negotiations with the humans to get the rights affo
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