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By: smallcraftboat.com » Blog Archive » Row Boat Rental Package

smallcraftboat.com » Blog Archive » Row Boat Rental Package — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:18:19 +0000

[...] Cory Doctorow s craphound.com >> Blog Archive I, Row-Boat News I, Row-Boat, Part 01. Here s the first installment in a new story podcast. This time, it s I, Row-Boat, a story I just finished about a story about a theological [...]

By: smallcraftboat.com » Blog Archive » Great Island Rowboat

smallcraftboat.com » Blog Archive » Great Island Rowboat — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 17:17:08 +0000

[...] Cory Doctorow s craphound.com >> Blog Archive I, Row-Boat Rowboat. (http://www.theonion.com/content/node/33568). Just an FYI CZ Says: June 21st, 2006 at 12:52 pm. Cory, Not to rain on your parade or anything but I thought I should point out that the [...]

By: smallcraftboat.com » Blog Archive » Row Boat - EN Home

smallcraftboat.com » Blog Archive » Row Boat - EN Home — Thu, 03 May 2007 11:04:10 +0000

By: smallcraftboat.com » Blog Archive » Alden Ocean Shells

smallcraftboat.com » Blog Archive » Alden Ocean Shells — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 18:14:15 +0000

[...] Cory Doctorow’s craphound.com >> Blog Archive ” I, Row-Boat, Part 01 This time, it’s “I, Row-Boat,” a story I just finished about a story about a … and very idealistic Robby the Row-Boat really makes the story an entertaining … [...]

By: kinderman.net | Politically Correct Artificial Intelligence

kinderman.net | Politically Correct Artificial Intelligence — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 06:22:03 +0000

[...] Machines are generally designed with a specific function in mind, such as performing calculations, receiving input of various kinds, shredding paper, or making toast. Obviously, an intelligent toaster would have a radically different set of values from your average human being. Cory Doctorow has a great short story called "I, Row-Boat" that illustrates how ridiculous this concept is. A toaster would be concerned with learning how to make toast that pleases the being that it's being made for. It would start with a rough set of inputs, such as being told to make "light" or "dark" toast. From the first slice onward, it would learn from further input if it's making toast properly. It would also have certain inputs that describe things which might affect its ability to make toast, such as proper functioning of the burners, and how full the crumb tray is. This is, of course, just a silly example. [...]

By: newsBreaks.net » Cory’s “I, Row-Boat” live on Flurb

newsBreaks.net » Cory’s “I, Row-Boat” live on Flurb — Sat, 09 Sep 2006 07:45:04 +0000

[...] Podcast: part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4 [...]

By: virtualomni.com » Cory’s “I, Row-Boat” live on Flurb

virtualomni.com » Cory’s “I, Row-Boat” live on Flurb — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 20:21:15 +0000

[...] I listened to Cory Doctorow’s reading of his story “I, Row-boat” a few weeks ago through his podcast and really enjoyed it. It seems it has just gotten a larger audience with a recent publication on Rudy Rucker’s awesome new online sf magazine, Flurb. “I, Row-Boat” is a riff on Cory’s Hugo-nominated story I, Robot, and it concerns the theological wars between an Asimov-cultist AI boat and an uplifted coral-reef. I really enjoyed the way the reef was portrayed. The colonistic multi-organism thinking collectively as one, as if they were the Borg. This portrayal is opposed to the naive and very idealistic Robby the Row-Boat really makes the story an entertaining read (or, in my case, listen). Check out the podcast of the story below. Podcast: part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4 [...]

By: Cory Doctorow’s craphound.com >> Blog Archive » I, Row-Boat

Cory Doctorow’s craphound.com >> Blog Archive » I, Row-Boat — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 04:19:32 +0000

[...] Podcast: part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4 [...]

By: cephalopodcast.com » Blog Archive » Beach reading for ocean enthusiasts - The Ocean Podcast

Mon, 03 Jul 2006 03:32:02 +0000

[...] If you would prefer to have your aquatic fiction read to you, check out Cory Doctorow’s new story podcast, I, Rowboat. It is a “a story about a theological dispute between an artifically intelligent Asimov three-laws cultist and an uplifted coral reef.” Robbie the Row-Boat’s great crisis of faith came when the coral reef woke up. [...]

By: newsBreaks.net » Cory’s new podcast: “I, Row-Boat”

newsBreaks.net » Cory’s new podcast: “I, Row-Boat” — Wed, 21 Jun 2006 21:12:00 +0000

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By: CZ

CZ — Wed, 21 Jun 2006 20:52:38 +0000

Cory,
Not to rain on your parade or anything but I thought I should point out that the Onion ran a story by the same title back in 1998.

The story can be found here:

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/33568

And here is a brief excerpt:

"1. A Rowboat may not immerse a human being or, through lack of flotation, allow a human to come to harm.

2. A Rowboat must obey all commands and steering input given by its human Rower, except where such input would conflict with the First Law.

3. A Rowboat must preserve its own flotation as long as such preservation does not conflict with the First or Second Law.

These three laws were clearly stated in The Handbook Of Rowboatics, 16th edition, 1958 printing, the laws of my youth. They have remained unchanged since that day. A Rowboat has but one purpose: To float! That is the one Truth: Remain afloat! "

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 21 Jun 2006 20:37:14 +0000

Don't know if you know this, Cory, but several years ago -- 7-29-1998 -- The Onion published an I. Robot parody called I. Rowboat. (http://www.theonion.com/content/node/33568). Just an FYI...