There is no "I" in "Robot": Robots and utilitarianism

I, Robot, the film that spurs discussion of the moral responsibilities involved with creating ethical robots, the feasibility of robot unilitarians, and the possibility of distinct ethics for robot-to-robot interaction is studied. The plot of the film hinges on the fact that the supreme robot intelligence, Virtual Interactive Kinetic Intelligence (VIKI), evolves to interpret the laws of robotics. VIKI sounds like a good unilitarian because the film gives viewers no reason to think that humans are not on a clear path to self-destruction. VIKI seems to be ensuring the human race's protection and viewers are supposed to share the human character's feelings that the robots have done something wrong. Living a characteristically human life requires a sense of self, and part of what is disturbing about unilitarianism is that it seems to require that human sacrifice this self, not in the sense of necessarily giving up one's existence.