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| Anti-Robot Propaganda | ||
| Human activity against robots. |
Early mention of this idea.
| Ever since the Interplanetary Code was modified to allow robot models to be tested in the plants before being shipped out to space, anti-robot propaganda has increased. If any word leaks out about a robot being able to read minds before we can announce complete control of the phenomenon, Tyrone and his demagogues could make pretty effective capital out of it. |
| Technovelgy from Liar,
by Isaac Asimov. Published by Astounding Science Fiction in 1941 Additional resources -
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See also the entry for free robot from Robot Unwanted (1952) by Daniel Keyes, which refers to anti-robot leagues.
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