1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. 2. A robot must obey any orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. 3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
动画中,机器人的发展已经达到可揣度人类情感的地步,而人类似乎还不太习惯。吉浦康裕也着重强调了 “Android”与“Robot”的区别,也许那个从朋友的朋友那听来的故事中的男友也是“Android”呢。之后的作品「イヴの時間」的世界是一个“人型机器人刚刚开始实用化的时代”,其中一部分受到类似 Code Life 真相实验影响的 Android AI 便拥有了接近人类情感的自主意识。
“The sea was distinctly visible for a mile all round the Nautilus. What a spectacle! What pen can describe it? Who could paint the effects of the light through those transparent sheets of water, and the softness of the successive gradations from the lower to the superior strata of the ocean?” ……
“On each side a window opened into this unexplored abyss. The obscurity of the saloon showed to advantage the brightness outside, and we looked out as if this pure crystal had been the glass of an immense aquarium.”
注4:"Three Laws of Robotics" created by Isaac Asimov and John W. Campbell. 另,咖啡店的书架上有两本书:「ユートピア研究」乌托邦研究、「ロボティックスの歩み」机器人工学的步伐。书目分类:学术、历史、Mystery、SF 都是阿西莫夫老爷的最爱,"Robotics" 一词出自阿西莫夫老爷的机器人短篇《Liar!》。