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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-12-10 05:10 PM
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Robots are now guarding nuclear stockpiles
I welcome our robot overlords.



Shouldn’t the Terminator movies have taught us not to entrust our nuclear weapons to robots? Oh well. The US National Nuclear Security Administration recently announced that it has started using autonomous robot vehicles to patrol the vast desert surrounding its Nevada National Security Site (NNSS).

http://singularityhub.com/2010/10/08/robots-guarding-us-nuclear-stockpile-video
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RKP5637 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-12-10 05:18 PM
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1. Let's hope they're hardened against Stuxnet and like. n/t
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hunter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-12-10 05:58 PM
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2. Soon to be assimilated by Google's street view...
google maps Mercury Hwy, Yucca Flat, Nye, Nevada
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zbdent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-12-10 07:31 PM
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3. I heard that the internet has recently achieved sentience ...
now we must make sure that it doesn't
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TheMadMonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-10 01:05 AM
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5. OMG you do realise that teabaggers online might be all that stands between us...
...and the ROTM.
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krispos42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-12-10 11:40 PM
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4. Makes me glad my name isn't Sarah Connor n/t
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Orsino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-16-10 07:31 AM
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6. More precisely, guard robots made by the lowest bider.
Nothing can possibly go wrong with this plan.
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Fire Walk With Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-16-10 04:47 PM
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7. Autonomous mechs times the singularity equals hideous mistake.
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