Great Books: "Caves of Steel" and "The Foundation Trilogy" by Isaac Asimov... and the "Robots" books... There are about 16 books that merge together in Asimov's view of the Galaxy.

The Robot Series and The Foundation Series... and Prequels, sequels, and more, more, more books about the same subjects...

In the Foundation Trilogy we are introduced to the concept of Encyclopedia Galactica that stores all knowledge of all people everywhere... or as we know it today, Wikipedia...

Asimov also proposes Psycho-History... a way to calculate and predict The Future... We haven't figured out how to do that yet but... that seems to be a major goal of Artificial Intelligence...

In the Robots Books we are introduced to the Three Laws of Robotics which prevent Robots from harming People... Clearly, THAT is not how we do things... For Example: Drones that Drop Bombs on People...

https://www.amazon.com/Caves-Steel-Daneel-Olivaw-Book/dp/0553293400


The three laws of Robotics:
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 orders givein 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.

https://www.amazon.com/I-Robot-Isaac-Asimov/dp/055338256X/

https://www.amazon.com/Foundation-Isaac-Asimov/dp/0553293354/