Summary Of Who Can Replace A Man By Brian Aldiss

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In the story, “Who Can Replace A Man?” by Brian Aldiss, three different messages explain the relationship between humans and technology throughout the story. The robots were like high-tech human servants. They were made for our convenience, and had so many human characteristics. But how are these relationships conveyed throughout the story? One example is the way that the robots (or technology in general) were made to improve mankind. The humans gave the robots many restrictions to make sure their only priority was to serve us. One of the robots restrictions was that they couldn’t fully control themselves. In the very end of the story, the starving man said, “Get me food” (Aldiss, 149), the robots, not being able to control themselves, were