Jack Williamson's "With Folded Hands" Jack Williamson's novelette "With Folded Hands" (1947), later rewritten as the novel The Humanoids, deals with robot servants whose prime directive is "To Serve and Obey, And Guard Men From Harm". While Asimov's robotic laws are meant to protect humans from harm, the robots in Williamson's story have taken these instructions to the extreme; they protect humans from everything, including unhappiness, stress, unhealthy lifestyle and all actions that could be potentially dangerous. All that is left for humans to do is to sit with folded hands.
Jack Williamson's "With Folded Hands" Jack Williamson's novelette "With Folded Hands" (,1947), later rewritten as the novel The Humanoids, deals with robot servants whose prime di,rective is "To Serve and Obey, And Guard Men From Harm". While Asimov's robotic laws are meant to protect humans from harm the robots in Williamson's story have taken these instructions to the extreme; they protect humans from everything, including unhappiness, stress unhealthy lifestyle and all actions that could be potentially dangerous. All that is left for humans to do is to sit with folded hands.