I found it interesting in class when were talking about how robots use to be portrayed. We were told that historically in science fiction stories robots were created by a "mad scientist" and then they would go "haywire." After this they would put human life at some sort of major risk and then humans would figure out a way to prevent it and defeat the robot.
In the story "Reason" this concept is sort of follows suit, but has a different twist. The guys put together the robot Cutie and then he stops listening to their commands. They think that he is putting the humans on earth at risk. Instead of figuring out a way to defeat him or gain his control Cutie has his way. In the end the robot actually did a better job maintaining the beam through the storm than the humans could have.
I'm not sure that in this story Cutie was programmed with the three laws. Not because he stopped obeying them and locked them out of the control room and engine room. He was following the first law by better protecting the humans on earth by controlling the beam himself. However, he told the humans several times that they were no longer of use and they would come to their end soon. What exactly did he mean by that? Were his intentions to terminate them himself?
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