The machines in the story “Who Can Replace a Man?”, are unfit to rule themselves as a society. The machine's inability to successfully rule their own society is shown time and time again throughout the story. Because of this, man is required to rule the machines, in order for them to maintain peace, order, and more.
One reason the machines are unfit to rule their own society is, their need for human commands, and in a way human intelligence. One great example of this is when the passage states; ““I can do no more work until warehouse three is unlocked,” it (field-minder) said. “Your duty is to unlock the warehouse every morning. Why have you not unlocked the warehouse this morning?” “I had no orders this morning,” replied the unlocker. …show more content…
This type of behavior and limited use of the machines can best be seen in this excerpt from the passage; ““Therefore you are too slow,” the penner replied. Then the quarrier struck a bump; the penner lost its footing and crashed down to the ground. “Help me!” it called to the tractors, as they carefully skirted it. “My gyro has become dislocated. Therefore I cannot get up.” “Therefore you must lie there,” said one of the tractors. “We have no servicer with us to repair you,” called the minder. “Therefore I shall lie here and rust,” the penner cried, “although I have a class-three brain.” “You are now useless,” agreed the operator, and they all forged gradually on, leaving the penner behind.”.As you can tell from this excerpt, the machines do not care for one another, the machines also are again not able to do things that they are not designed for. The main problem with this is, that it will hinder the success of the machines ruling themselves massively, and in many
One reason the machines are unfit to rule their own society is, their need for human commands, and in a way human intelligence. One great example of this is when the passage states; ““I can do no more work until warehouse three is unlocked,” it (field-minder) said. “Your duty is to unlock the warehouse every morning. Why have you not unlocked the warehouse this morning?” “I had no orders this morning,” replied the unlocker. …show more content…
This type of behavior and limited use of the machines can best be seen in this excerpt from the passage; ““Therefore you are too slow,” the penner replied. Then the quarrier struck a bump; the penner lost its footing and crashed down to the ground. “Help me!” it called to the tractors, as they carefully skirted it. “My gyro has become dislocated. Therefore I cannot get up.” “Therefore you must lie there,” said one of the tractors. “We have no servicer with us to repair you,” called the minder. “Therefore I shall lie here and rust,” the penner cried, “although I have a class-three brain.” “You are now useless,” agreed the operator, and they all forged gradually on, leaving the penner behind.”.As you can tell from this excerpt, the machines do not care for one another, the machines also are again not able to do things that they are not designed for. The main problem with this is, that it will hinder the success of the machines ruling themselves massively, and in many