While well-intentioned, Asimov’s laws have been criticized as being too easily allowing a situation where one or two laws can’t be violated in some manner, such as we see here.
A series of strips featuring other ways in which this would have happened, especially in regards to corporate mandates, would have been appreciated.
Also, it just occurred to me that the robot’s appearance is a good reference to how behind-the-times corporate heads can be: it’s wearing a tie while everyone else has moved onto FLASH GORDON-wear.
I believe you meant “can be violated”. Those making that criticism forget Asimov, from the beginning, used that very idea as major plot points for most, if not all, of his robot stories.
While well-intentioned, Asimov’s laws have been criticized as being too easily allowing a situation where one or two laws can’t be violated in some manner, such as we see here.
A series of strips featuring other ways in which this would have happened, especially in regards to corporate mandates, would have been appreciated.
Also, it just occurred to me that the robot’s appearance is a good reference to how behind-the-times corporate heads can be: it’s wearing a tie while everyone else has moved onto FLASH GORDON-wear.
I believe you meant “can be violated”. Those making that criticism forget Asimov, from the beginning, used that very idea as major plot points for most, if not all, of his robot stories.
I love how the implication here is that in the far future, when we have actual humanoid robots, we all dress like we’re going to a Renaissance Faire.