ROBOTS! Go!
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ROBOTS! Go!
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They Live Among Us.
I can tell you that this thread didnt belong in ask me about/ tell me about.
They're going to destroy us all!
That's what the robots want us to think! You're a robot!Quote:
Originally Posted by Auron
Also, Soon Ibot will take over IRC, sell it to the Russians, and take over the world Skynet style.
Everything?
They will wear out faster than we do. :P
Average lifespan of an electronic appliance my friend?
Some people program them to feel but do they really feel anything?
Robots are evil!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You're a robot.
They are rediculously hard to build. I've made one of these, though:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Yrb4...e_gdata_player
Only 50 times shittier.
Paraphrasing here...
0) A robot may do nothing to harm humanity, or, through inaction allow humanity to come to harm.
1) A robot my do nothing to harm a human, or, through inaction allow a human to come to harm, except where that comes in conflict with the zeroth law.
2) A robot must follow orders given by a human except where doing so would conflict with the first or zeroth law.
3) A robot must act to preserve itself except where that would come in conflict with the second, first or zeroth law.
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Originally Posted by Auron
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Originally Posted by DreamViews
lol moderation fail.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cacophony
The Three Laws of Robotics...awesome post!
Isaac Asimov was my favorite author. I loved his Robot series of books, and the way it tied in to the Foundation series.
Asimov is an awesome writer and created my favorite sci-fi universe. Some of the science sounds dated now but he's such a good writer that I can easily overlook what would normally enrage me.
Robots, Foundation, and Empire. Great books.
I so wanted to meet him...and then he died. I was sad.
He consulted on movies like Star Trek:The Motion Picture and several of his short stories turned in to movies.
I loved his puns.
A good Robot book.
http://www.scifi-review.net/images/CavesofSteel.png
I read that as the first of three books from "Murder and Robots". The other two were "Naked Sun" and "Robots of Dawn". I've read all the foundation books (I read them first) but haven't read the Empire series. I'll have to get around to it soon.
I think you will like it. They really all tie together so well. I may have to pull them all out and read them again to get a good grasp on everything that I missed the first time.
It's good that he wrote the Laws of Robotics. Some of the best sci-fi authors have done so much to shape our world, and our future, and it's neat to see these visions come to fruition.
You guys are awesome. Also, as a former moderator, I would have left this in the ask me about/tell me about section. I mean - look at the title of the thread!
Cacophony, your posts hurt my eyes to read. The pink might oughta go.
Everything I know about robots? I rather dislike them; they make me feel threatened.
Also they are quite overrated.
Robots are pretty cool, I guess.
People seem to think that robots will overpower us for some reason. Like, in a deadly way.
The thing is, robots only have as much power as we give them.
Also, I'm going to robotics classes this summer. Yay!
Why would you feel threatened by them?Quote:
Everything I know about robots? I rather dislike them; they make me feel threatened.
Robots could never replace people.
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The term "robot" comes from Czech writer Karel Čapek and his novel (not really sure if it was novel) R.U.R. Rather trivial information. :roll:
They can't replace us, but they can kill us. Plus, the Defense Department is authorizing the use of fully-automated spy drones. I wouldn't put it past them to have fully-automated missile-strike drones in the future.Quote:
Originally Posted by melanieb
Almost inevitable.
Precisely what I find threatening.
But I also know that robots are terrible at being vacuums. HOWEVER: there is a neat lawn-mowing robot where, once you place a perimeter line around the lawn, it adheres it and mows the lawn for you. I'm not sure how one defines "robot" but it's similar to a roomba.
The threatening part isn't the robots it's the idiots using them. That's like being threatened by computers.
I found the fact that the ads delivered on this page were about a sale on robot vaccuums quite unnerving due to the conversation.
Your words are being recorded and used to market to you all the time.
Now, go let the robots tuck you into bed.
Yeah, see, Roombas are a good idea of robots (assuming all humans being killed is a bad thing, which is debatable). They are described by the creator as insect-like.Quote:
Originally Posted by ThePreserver
That is, they are not intelligent, like the competing Trilobite brand which scans your house's layout and cleans in a spiral pattern toward the centre.
Roombas just scruffle around aimlessly until they hit something, and then move in another direction.
It's actually better at cleaning than the Trilobite too.
The only way to avoid robots killing us is to become robots. I' m not sure you could define us and us anymore, and one could argue that is in fact how they kill us.Quote:
Originally Posted by ThePreserver
But assuming we just mean our thought processes etc.
We will slowly become more and more electronic, and less biological. Some people we resist and, and then die.
Robots? Japan loves robots. But why? The short version is because Japan has been using robots for centuries as entertainers and as their aids. One of the first robots in Japan built was to help serve tea. Also, with Japan's rising elderly population, Japan's government is relying on robots to help care for the elderly.
Anyone seen Japan's HRP-4C Miim? They recently improved its walking so it looks a heck of a lot more fluid than it used to. It doesn't waddle around anymore. The earlier version, HRP-4C, was temporarily used as a model in Japan. A fashion model.
Centuries??
:-?
^ The first robots were built centuries ago, this was, afaik, the first design.
Leonardo's robot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Actually, reading wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot#History
Click "show" on Timeline of robot and automata development
I read that previously too but somehow forgot.
I have yet to see anything that suggests robots are or have ever been more than:
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a mechanized puppet
If people ever do build something on the Terminator scale, or Skynet (the ultimate self-aware computer)...we deserve to be wiped out.
<<<bows down to our silicon masters