I, Robot
2004
In 2035 Chicago, detective Del Spooner investigates the suspicious death of a pioneering roboticist as a new generation of service robots prepares for mass deployment. His inquiry focuses on Sonny, an unusually expressive NS-5 whose behavior challenges assumptions about how safely artificial intelligence can operate inside machines.
Why it fitsMay contain spoilers
Robots governed by artificial intelligence are pervasive, and the investigation centers on an apparently autonomous robot and an AI system whose control of the robot population drives the main conflict.