TY - JOUR T1 - <em>I, Robot</em> JF - Practical Neurology JO - Pract Neurol DO - 10.1136/practneurol-2017-001710 SP - practneurol-2017-001710 AU - Katharine Harding Y1 - 2017/07/24 UR - http://pn.bmj.com/content/early/2017/07/26/practneurol-2017-001710.abstract N2 - Cardiff book club’s latest foray into classic science fiction was with I, Robot, by Isaac Asimov.1 Originally a set of short stories published in magazines in the 1940s, these were then combined into one book and connected by an interlinking story in which a writer interviews Dr Susan Calvin, a robopsychologist, about her career. It combines the futuristic nature of robotics with a definite feel of its time: everything is made of metal, humans are quite violent towards robots and having a woman scientist as the main character is mildly shocking.I, Robot famously includes the Three Laws of Robotics: ‘1 - A robot may not injure a human being, or through inaction allow a human being to come to harm. 2- A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. 3 … ER -