The Evitable Conflict

"The Evitable Conflict" is a science fiction short story by American writer Isaac Asimov.Following on from the previous story 'Evidence,' in the year 2052, Stephen Byerley has been elected World Co-ordinator for a second term.Consulting with the four regional Vice Co-ordinators, he finds that several prominent individuals and companies associated with the anti-Machine "Society for Humanity" have been damaged by the Machines' apparent mistakes.Byerley believes that the Society is attempting to undermine the Machines by disobeying their instructions, with the goal of retaking power as humans, and proposes to have the movement suppressed.[2] The 2004 film adaptation of I, Robot also includes major elements of the Evitable Conflict with the computer system V.I.K.I.
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