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. I was hoping he had arrived on another ship.It would give us an extrachance. Disappointment was evident on her face.The medical team arrived shortly.Derec told the three robots what hadtranspired and then asked for the relevant information they possessed.Theybriefed him on what they had told Jeff. So it s not a failure of the positronic brain, Research 1 finished. However, we have consulted among ourselves and have concluded that we mustenter a repair facility to have our brains removed and destroyed. What? Derec cried. You can t do that.We need your help. We created a situation in which a robot body violated the First Law byattacking humans.This is a violation of the First Law on our part.We wouldhave reported immediately after the transplant ~urgery if we had understoodwhere it would lead. Derec looked at the two robot surgeons, who nodded in agreement.The three ofthem were standing together in a line, as though prepared for law-enforcementquestioning.Maybe that was what they expected from a human, after violatingthe First Law. But you didn t attack anybody, said Ariel. You were one step away from thesituation.You can t take responsibility for what he you said his name wasJeff? decided to do. Besides, he didn t hurt us, said Derec. It just surprised us.Well totallyshocked us, actually. Surgeon 2 shook its head. The extent of the harm is not a factor, since theLaws do not make allowances for degree.Nor is our ignorance of your presencea factor.The fact that we are one step removed from the incident is the onlyreason that we did not shut down upon learning of this violation of the FirstLaw.If we had directly harmed a human, the trauma to our systems would havecompletely neutralized our functioning.However, this individual would notexist in the unusual form he does without our contribution.He is unique, andis our responsibility. Look at it this way, said Ariel anxiously. We need help.If Jeff is stillout there running around, he could conceivably do more harm to us.Doesn t theFirst Law require you to cooperate with us? We have proven our judgment irresponsible, said Surgeon 1. You cannot relyon us.Therefore, we should be destroyed. You haven t violated the Laws any other time, have you? Derec pointed out. No, but we have no other history of contact with humans, said Research 1. In our initial contact with humans, we contributed to a violation Of the First Law, I know.You don t have to keep repeating it, said Derec. But I shouldn t have phrased the question that way.You still haven t brokenthe Laws.Jeff did, sort of.Only, since he doesn t have a positronic brain,that doesn t really count. Our information about human behavior is apparently incomplete, said Research1. We did not understand the likelihood of Jeff s attack on you.In fact, thePage 54 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmlcentral computer did not even inform us of your presence.We felt his medicalcondition was such that the First Law required our attempting the transplant.However, one purpose of the First Law that I infer is to preserve humans fromthe greater strength of our robot bodies.So to us, Jeff in this case countsas a robot, despite his lacking a positronic brain.This judgment will not beimperative on his brain, of course. If the First Law required you to perform the transplant, how can you blameyourselves? Ariel asked. That seems like a real contradiction.One that Iwouldn t expect from the logical mind of a robot. The logical contradiction has only become evident now, said Surgeon 1. Inthe sequence of events as they unfolded, the First Law has made clearrequirements of us, including our elimination. Derec looked at them helplessly, unable to think of an argument against theirdestruction that they had not countered already. Postpone your trip to the repair center, Ariel suggested. If you think it srequired, you can do it later.Right now, we really need your help, like wesaid. That s right, said Derec quickly. How about this? The First Law requiresthat you help us catch Jeff and, I don t know stop him somehow.Then you candestroy yourselves. The three robots hesitated long enough to reveal that this argument hadcarried some weight. Isn t it your responsibility to help clean up the mess? Ariel added, with atriumphant smile. The Second Law requires that you follow our orders to help
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