Robots are getting scary
March 2nd, 2016 at 4:52:28 PM permalink | |
Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 239 Posts: 6095 |
I don't dispute that robots can do the same programmed task over and over very well. However, it will be a long day before you can tell a robot, "Go upstairs, open my bedroom door, get my red tie from the closet, and bring it back to me." Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |
March 2nd, 2016 at 6:23:06 PM permalink | |
kenarman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 14 Posts: 4470 |
No need that are what wives are for ;-) "but if you make yourselves sheep, the wolves will eat you." Benjamin Franklin |
March 2nd, 2016 at 6:37:37 PM permalink | |
Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 |
When you talk that way, keep in mind your wife knows ties have multiple uses, and they're designed to fit the neck ;) Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |
March 2nd, 2016 at 6:51:30 PM permalink | |
Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 239 Posts: 6095 |
I would be quickly reminded of the legal status of slavery of I said that. Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |
March 2nd, 2016 at 6:56:01 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 |
Ever see the orig Stepford Wives? I thought it was appalling when it came out. Now that I'm older I'm not so sure. Wives are so, well, wife-ish. If you catch my drift.. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
March 2nd, 2016 at 7:06:08 PM permalink | |
kenarman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 14 Posts: 4470 |
She will gladly do it Wiz, just come down with a green tie when you need the red one to match her outfit. "but if you make yourselves sheep, the wolves will eat you." Benjamin Franklin |
March 2nd, 2016 at 7:54:49 PM permalink | |
rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 188 Posts: 18633 |
Well, then you'll need a robot to block the blow from a frying pan after you say stuff. You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
March 2nd, 2016 at 8:30:16 PM permalink | |
kenarman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 14 Posts: 4470 |
Naw. I have had 50 years to learn how to duck. I know all her moves. "but if you make yourselves sheep, the wolves will eat you." Benjamin Franklin |
March 3rd, 2016 at 11:39:17 AM permalink | |
Ayecarumba Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 89 Posts: 1744 | Bruce Willis starred in the 2009 movie "Surrogates" that was about a near future where the majority of real people spend their days laying in "Stim" chairs at home experiencing the world through their avatar robots. The extra features on the DVD include a short bit on how all the technologies demonstrated in the film exist in rudimentary forms today. This article contains an interview with some of "futurist" folks, including consultants to the film. The fake skin and hands are amazingly lifelike. They even have "fingerprints". I can easily imagine this technology refined and functioning to the point that we interact with it in the normal course of life within the next 50 years. Some hotels already have robot staff. I can imagine fast food joints adding them in the near future too. |
March 4th, 2016 at 3:04:44 AM permalink | |
Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
The idea of people living alone and meeting via holographs idea was explored in an Asimov novel, the Naked Sun from the 1950's. Surrogates was not very scary, but the collective virtual reality world of Caprica seems more of a possibility. Game playing is quickly replaced by obsessive teens, who use it to get drunk, have sex, fight, and even kill one another. Caprica is a prequel to Battlestar Galactica. |