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I'm looking for a classic science fiction story where a man disguised as a robot is send to investigate a robot uprising on a mining/factory planet.
He is found out to be a human and brought before the robotic overlord of the planet who offers a deal, we will not kill you if you pretend to be a robot for the rest of your life. He agrees.
He later finds out that in fact all the robots on the planet are humans that made similar deals. We all think everybody else is a robot, but in fact nobody is.
Possibly from Lem or Asimov.
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I'm looking for a classic science fiction story where a man disguised as a robot is send to investigate a robot uprising on a mining/factory planet.
He is found out to be a human and brought before the robotic overlord of the planet who offers a deal, we will not kill you if you pretend to be a robot for the rest of your life. He agrees.
He later finds out that in fact all the robots on the planet are humans that made similar deals. We all think everybody else is a robot, but in fact nobody is.
Possibly from Lem or Asimov.
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I’m sure a similar one to this has been asked recently. Can’t find it from a quick search though.
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I'm looking for a classic science fiction story where a man disguised as a robot is send to investigate a robot uprising on a mining/factory planet.
He is found out to be a human and brought before the robotic overlord of the planet who offers a deal, we will not kill you if you pretend to be a robot for the rest of your life. He agrees.
He later finds out that in fact all the robots on the planet are humans that made similar deals. We all think everybody else is a robot, but in fact nobody is.
Possibly from Lem or Asimov.
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I'm looking for a classic science fiction story where a man disguised as a robot is send to investigate a robot uprising on a mining/factory planet.
He is found out to be a human and brought before the robotic overlord of the planet who offers a deal, we will not kill you if you pretend to be a robot for the rest of your life. He agrees.
He later finds out that in fact all the robots on the planet are humans that made similar deals. We all think everybody else is a robot, but in fact nobody is.
Possibly from Lem or Asimov.
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I’m sure a similar one to this has been asked recently. Can’t find it from a quick search though.
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I’m sure a similar one to this has been asked recently. Can’t find it from a quick search though.
– TheLethalCarrot
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I’m sure a similar one to this has been asked recently. Can’t find it from a quick search though.
– TheLethalCarrot
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I’m sure a similar one to this has been asked recently. Can’t find it from a quick search though.
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That's probably The Eleventh Voyage from Lem's Star Diaries.
The Eleventh Voyage, equally dark and hilarious, recounts Tichy’s
journey to a planet supposedly ruled by a mutinous computer
intelligence. Having abandoned its spacecraft and settled on an
uninhabited planet, the computer built robots from spare parts
(somehow) and declared the planet’s independence. Because of
territorial and insurance squabbles, however, Earth ultimately
intervened and tried to take the planet back. By the time that Tichy
is sent there, disguised as a robot, to scout out the place, Earth had
already sent over two thousand people to try and take possession of
the planet. What Tichy realizes, after suffering in his robot suit and
getting arrested multiple times for suspicion that he’s a prying
human, is that, in fact, the only robots on the planet are the humans
who had been sent there to put down the robots
(source)
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1 Answer
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active
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up vote
5
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That's probably The Eleventh Voyage from Lem's Star Diaries.
The Eleventh Voyage, equally dark and hilarious, recounts Tichy’s
journey to a planet supposedly ruled by a mutinous computer
intelligence. Having abandoned its spacecraft and settled on an
uninhabited planet, the computer built robots from spare parts
(somehow) and declared the planet’s independence. Because of
territorial and insurance squabbles, however, Earth ultimately
intervened and tried to take the planet back. By the time that Tichy
is sent there, disguised as a robot, to scout out the place, Earth had
already sent over two thousand people to try and take possession of
the planet. What Tichy realizes, after suffering in his robot suit and
getting arrested multiple times for suspicion that he’s a prying
human, is that, in fact, the only robots on the planet are the humans
who had been sent there to put down the robots
(source)
edited 1 hour ago
Valorum
377k9827462974
answered 1 hour ago
Eike Pierstorff
7,76923135
add a comment |Â
up vote
5
down vote
accepted
That's probably The Eleventh Voyage from Lem's Star Diaries.
The Eleventh Voyage, equally dark and hilarious, recounts Tichy’s
journey to a planet supposedly ruled by a mutinous computer
intelligence. Having abandoned its spacecraft and settled on an
uninhabited planet, the computer built robots from spare parts
(somehow) and declared the planet’s independence. Because of
territorial and insurance squabbles, however, Earth ultimately
intervened and tried to take the planet back. By the time that Tichy
is sent there, disguised as a robot, to scout out the place, Earth had
already sent over two thousand people to try and take possession of
the planet. What Tichy realizes, after suffering in his robot suit and
getting arrested multiple times for suspicion that he’s a prying
human, is that, in fact, the only robots on the planet are the humans
who had been sent there to put down the robots
(source)
edited 1 hour ago
Valorum
377k9827462974
answered 1 hour ago
Eike Pierstorff
7,76923135
add a comment |Â
up vote
5
down vote
accepted
up vote
5
down vote
accepted
That's probably The Eleventh Voyage from Lem's Star Diaries.
The Eleventh Voyage, equally dark and hilarious, recounts Tichy’s
journey to a planet supposedly ruled by a mutinous computer
intelligence. Having abandoned its spacecraft and settled on an
uninhabited planet, the computer built robots from spare parts
(somehow) and declared the planet’s independence. Because of
territorial and insurance squabbles, however, Earth ultimately
intervened and tried to take the planet back. By the time that Tichy
is sent there, disguised as a robot, to scout out the place, Earth had
already sent over two thousand people to try and take possession of
the planet. What Tichy realizes, after suffering in his robot suit and
getting arrested multiple times for suspicion that he’s a prying
human, is that, in fact, the only robots on the planet are the humans
who had been sent there to put down the robots
(source)
edited 1 hour ago
Valorum
377k9827462974
answered 1 hour ago
Eike Pierstorff
7,76923135
That's probably The Eleventh Voyage from Lem's Star Diaries.
The Eleventh Voyage, equally dark and hilarious, recounts Tichy’s
journey to a planet supposedly ruled by a mutinous computer
intelligence. Having abandoned its spacecraft and settled on an
uninhabited planet, the computer built robots from spare parts
(somehow) and declared the planet’s independence. Because of
territorial and insurance squabbles, however, Earth ultimately
intervened and tried to take the planet back. By the time that Tichy
is sent there, disguised as a robot, to scout out the place, Earth had
already sent over two thousand people to try and take possession of
the planet. What Tichy realizes, after suffering in his robot suit and
getting arrested multiple times for suspicion that he’s a prying
human, is that, in fact, the only robots on the planet are the humans
who had been sent there to put down the robots
(source)
edited 1 hour ago
Valorum
377k9827462974
answered 1 hour ago
Eike Pierstorff
7,76923135
edited 1 hour ago
Valorum
377k9827462974
edited 1 hour ago
Valorum
377k9827462974
edited 1 hour ago
Valorum
377k9827462974
377k9827462974
answered 1 hour ago
Eike Pierstorff
7,76923135
answered 1 hour ago
Eike Pierstorff
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answered 1 hour ago
Eike Pierstorff
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I’m sure a similar one to this has been asked recently. Can’t find it from a quick search though.
– TheLethalCarrot
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