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Related: About this forumThats Impossible! - Real Terminators-Robots that think, move like humans and fight our wars
Robots that think, move like humans and fight our wars--Real Terminators--may now be possible. At leading universities and covert government labs, robots are now being developed in man's image; cyborgs with superhuman strength, machines that may eventually be able to make decisions, even kill on their own. But will these very robots designed to protect us ultimately turn on their masters?
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Katashi_itto
Mar 2013
OP
I imagine that their ultimate purpose is to protect the rich in their fortified enclaves
Jackpine Radical
Mar 2013
#1
But will these very robots designed to protect us ultimately turn on their masters?
Politicalboi
Mar 2013
#5
The History Channel and history are like oil on water, they don't mix well.
xtraxritical
Mar 2013
#8
Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)1. I imagine that their ultimate purpose is to protect the rich in their fortified enclaves
from the rest of us.
tclambert
(11,148 posts)7. No, no, no. It's the Japanese plan to conquer the world.
We must not allow a killer robot gap!
AsahinaKimi
(20,776 posts)2. I would rather see Robots explore Outer space than
be used in wars of the future. By building these weapon systems for the future, we are guaranteeing to have many more wars in the future. You just don't build these things and not use them. Someone builds some "super cool" weapon, you have to try them out.. how do you do that? Make an another excuse to go to war.
99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)3. Everyone apparently needs to watch a revamped Dr. Frankenstein Movie
Calling Mr. Spielberg.
And this movie should be required viewing for all Americans, especially
children and especially the scientists who are investing their professional
genius in a black hole of self-destruction & death manufactured by by
machines WE created.
backscatter712
(26,355 posts)4. It won't be long now...
Politicalboi
(15,189 posts)5. But will these very robots designed to protect us ultimately turn on their masters?
They ALWAYS do in the movies. If they haven't learned anything by Frankenstein, they will never learn.
lumberjack_jeff
(33,224 posts)6. This implies that *you* are among their masters. n/t
xtraxritical
(3,576 posts)8. The History Channel and history are like oil on water, they don't mix well.
talkingmime
(2,173 posts)9. Asimov must be spinning in his grave.
Katashi_itto
(10,175 posts)10. Very true