A Response to I, Robot by Isaac Asimov
This symbol, based on the Chinese Yin and Yang symbol shows that opposing forces rely on one another in turn giving way to each other, for they cannot exist without the other. As is in I, Robot, Isaac Asimov wrote of a completely robot controlled existence, but without the supporting humans they would do nothing, for they have lack of 'street smarts' and only have 'book smarts'.
In this case it is shown representing the battle of modernizing our world and the struggles it brings upon us. The red dot is meant to be the eye of a robot while the other circle is meant to be a human eye. The outer part or the circle around the robot eye is meant to be of human characteristics, and the part around the human eye is meant to be of robotic qualities. This is because the book is about integrating robots into the human world but not having them run or take it over.
In the futuristic world that Asimov created, robots have essentially taken over the world as we know it now days. They are double checking the entire world economy, but as the robots take these high up and important position, their inner workings, made to follow the laws of robotics, are making them output data that will further the humans into the abyss that is a robot ruled world.
This symbol, however crude, due to lack of artistic abilities, is about keeping balance. Just a slight shift in this balance could do horrific permanently damaging things to the balance, and functioning robots with thought capacities, as being investigated in Los Alamos, could be that shift. If we integrated robots into our lives they would both be a help and a hindrance. They would help by doing the dangerous tasks such as setting explosives or doing jobs where one slight error could end up a huge problem. They would hinder us by taking some jobs that many humans want for an income of any kind or by having the world’s obesity population increase.
Every thing in life has a balance that must be upset to get any where but if favored too heavily in one favor could mean destruction. Even something as simple as an argument between parent and child. One ‘force’ so to speak must gain an edge on the other.
