I see we're once again talking about recommending old science fiction books to new (and young) readers, and once again I find myself of several minds. Because yes, at a basic level, you probably shouldn't hand an eleven-year-old in 2025 Asimov or Heinlein as their first introduction to the genre.
I think often it’s a case of someone (someone old) trying to force their own nostalgia onto someone else. It’s just not going to work. By all means, recommend these old works once the new reader is already hooked, but you really need to start them off with something with which they can identify.
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I, Robot was the very first science fiction book I ever read and it made me a fan for life. So again, there really are no hard and fast rules here.