Are Robots Really Superior to Humans?

As we have progressed through the novel the robots involved have become increasingly sophisticated. In fact, their positronic brains are so complicated that the scientists at U.S Robotics and Machinery Men don't even understand their design anymore. Whats more impressive is that these robots, particularly the Machines that control the world economy, are equipped with recursive programming that allows them to make themselves infinitely complex. On the surface the robots and the Machines are far superior to humans: they are vastly more capable processors, they act with consistent morality, and they could theoretically exist forever. However, superiority does not have such a straightforward rubric. Robots know only what humans chose to teach them. They are without a doubt superior in processing such information but they are also ignorant to the information we chose not to share. The human brain, as far as Hiram Mackenzie is concerned, "remains what is has always been; [capable] of discovering new data to be analyzed, and of devising new concepts to be tested"(265). The capacity to discover makes humans uniquely capable of progress and I would argue that the possibility of growth and change makes humankind superior. Furthermore, the robots and the Machines are subservient to human interest directly or indirectly. By this relationship it is clear that robots and machines are simply tools to lead humanity in the right direction, whether or not we chose that direction is irrelevant.