THE INEVITABLE ROBOT APOCALYPSE! You have been warned! [Archive]

Furtherman

06-26-2007, 10:12 AM

This has come up before. The military using computers to guard their bases. Japanese robots looking after the elderly.

But one day, when we are fighting them in the streets, someone will say generations from now, the warning signs were there. Whether that someone will be a Borg like entity inhabting this planet or it will be someone hiding out on an apocalyptic wasteland trying to find his next meal while avoiding machine patrols... remains to be seen.

But, NASA just announced a partnership with the M2Mi Corporation (http://appel.nasa.gov/askoce/node/578) to develop intelligent machines that will be able to "mind meld" with each other, make intelligent choices, and communicate with each other, all without human intervention.

From the M2Mi Corporation (http://www.m2mi.com/company.html) website:

m2mi Corp is focused on unlocking the inherent value of M2M technology via intelligence-enabled Telemetry processing and optimized-machine behavior. m2mi's solutions aim at achieving machine independence and eliminating the need for human intervention.

And so it begins...

http://forum.kusadasi.biz/pictures/terminator4/terminator-4-9.jpghttp://perso.orange.fr/mdi/images/bckgrd/bckgrd_big/terminator_004.jpg

All kidding aside, shouldn't SOME human intervention remain?

Don Stugots

06-26-2007, 10:14 AM

you think skynet will happen? i was leaning towards I, Robot.

prothunderball

06-26-2007, 10:15 AM

This has come up before. The military using computers to guard their bases. Japanese robots looking after the elderly.

But one day, when we are fighting them in the streets, someone will say generations from now, the warning signs were there. Whether that someone will be a Borg like entity inhabting this planet or it will be someone hiding out on an apocalyptic wasteland trying to find his next meal while avoiding machine patrols... remains to be seen.

But, NASA just announced a partnership with the M2Mi Corporation (http://appel.nasa.gov/askoce/node/578) to develop intelligent machines that will be able to "mind meld" with each other, make intelligent choices, and communicate with each other, all without human intervention.

From the M2Mi Corporation (http://www.m2mi.com/company.html) website:

And so it begins...

http://forum.kusadasi.biz/pictures/terminator4/terminator-4-9.jpghttp://perso.orange.fr/mdi/images/bckgrd/bckgrd_big/terminator_004.jpg

All kidding aside, shouldn't SOME human intervention remain?

I think you're a robot and you'rejust trying to draw attention away from yourself.

cupcakelove

06-26-2007, 10:17 AM

I'm still waiting for the robot that brings me beers from the fridge.

Fat_Sunny

06-26-2007, 10:18 AM

This Can't Come Soon Enough As Far As F_S Is Concerned. Things Here On Earth Need To Be Shaken Up A Bit, And This Might Just Be The Ticket To That Shake Up!

F_S Is Gonna Sell All His Shares Of ACME, So That He Can Buy Into M2Mi Corp. !!

Furtherman

06-26-2007, 10:22 AM

you think skynet will happen? i was leaning towards I, Robot.

I think it is more likely a "skynet" type appliance will be put into automatic use before any personal robots come around.

I think you're a robot and you'rejust trying to draw attention away from yourself.

Of course not, don't be silly. Look at what Stugots is saying. No, seriously, look over at Stugots.

Don Stugots

06-26-2007, 10:24 AM

I think it is more likely a "skynet" type appliance will be put into automatic use before any personal robots come around.

Of course not, don't be silly. Look at what Stugots is saying. No, seriously, look over at Stugots.

STOP LOOKING AT ME or I WILL BURN YOU WITH MY LASER BEAM EYES!

Recyclerz

06-26-2007, 10:30 AM

Originally Posted by Furtherman
I think it is more likely a "skynet" type appliance will be put into automatic use before any personal robots come around.

Of course not, don't be silly. Look at what Stugots is saying. No, seriously, look over at Stugots.

STOP LOOKING AT ME or I WILL BURN YOU WITH MY LASER BEAM EYES!

Oh Kenny Allen! If we had only listened to you we wouldn't be in this mess now!

furie

06-26-2007, 10:42 AM

do you think they'll enslave us, or just wipe us out?

weekapaugjz

06-26-2007, 10:46 AM

i like to bend things.

Furtherman

09-13-2007, 08:10 AM

*BUMP*

....as Ronnie B predicts....

Furtherman

09-13-2007, 08:13 AM

http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/ap/thumbnails//Robot_Boy.sff_TXTG104_20070912120410.jpg

Robot Maker Builds Artificial Boy (http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070913/D8RKI2F80.html)

Don Stugots

09-13-2007, 08:48 AM

http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/ap/thumbnails//Robot_Boy.sff_TXTG104_20070912120410.jpg

Robot Maker Builds Artificial Boy (http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070913/D8RKI2F80.html)

finally something i can do about not really wanting a kid but i can have one to shut up my mom.

Furtherman

09-13-2007, 09:19 AM

By 2030, or by 2050 at the latest, will a super-smart artificial intelligence decide to keep humans around as pets? Will it instead choose to turn the entire Earth, including the messy organic bits like us, into computronium? Or is there a third alternative? (http://reason.com/news/show/122423.html)

Don Stugots

09-13-2007, 09:21 AM

Resistance is futile

ChrisTheCop

09-13-2007, 09:31 AM

Marc with a c

09-13-2007, 09:36 AM

doens't really have anything to do with this thread, except the assembly line, but marc likes.

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cougarjake13

09-13-2007, 12:13 PM

me personally im getting tired of this boring mundane life and would love it if aliens did exist and came to attack earth or a skynet/terminator type future would happen

right now its just wake up go to work so you can make money to pay bills and buy food so you can stay alive and keep the daily process going

if i were rich enough to not have to work then i could travel the world and see all the cool shit but if i had no job then i would get to see everything relatively quickly and then what ??

go back to the same places again ??? i'd be all up for a star trek type mission, i dont need to come back to earth, i'd just travel around and see all the cool shit in other galaxies, obviously if we found a way to do this and have food and water for the ride

mikeyboy

09-13-2007, 12:20 PM

robutt

Furtherman

09-13-2007, 01:14 PM

me personally im getting tired of this boring mundane life and would love it if aliens did exist and came to attack earth or a skynet/terminator type future would happen

right now its just wake up go to work so you can make money to pay bills and buy food so you can stay alive and keep the daily process going

if i were rich enough to not have to work then i could travel the world and see all the cool shit but if i had no job then i would get to see everything relatively quickly and then what ??

go back to the same places again ??? i'd be all up for a star trek type mission, i dont need to come back to earth, i'd just travel around and see all the cool shit in other galaxies, obviously if we found a way to do this and have food and water for the ride

Sounds like you're on the Robots side!

Ay Kay Forty2

09-13-2007, 03:13 PM

just from the cold, calculated stare of that robot, I don't think that baby will be alive much longer.

http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/ap/Robot_Boy.sff_TXTG101_20070912120233.jpg

sailor

09-13-2007, 03:45 PM

i like to bend things.

i don't get it, why's a robot need to drink?

ralphbxny

09-13-2007, 06:10 PM

http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/ap/thumbnails//Robot_Boy.sff_TXTG104_20070912120410.jpg

Robot Maker Builds Artificial Boy (http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070913/D8RKI2F80.html)

Its all a fad like this internets and the TV and that rock music you kids listen too!

Furtherman

02-28-2008, 09:39 AM

Killer Military Robots Pose Latest Threat To Humanity, Robotics Expert Warns!

A robotics expert at the University of Sheffield has issued stark warnings over the threat posed to humanity by new robot weapons being developed by powers worldwide. (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/02/080226213451.htm)

In a keynote address to the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), Professor Noel Sharkey, from the University's Department of Computer Science, expressed his concerns that we are beginning to see the first steps towards an international robot arms race. He will warn that it may not be long before robots become a standard terrorist weapon to replace the suicide bomber.

*hushed voice*

ruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuunnnn!

topless_mike

02-28-2008, 09:45 AM

an easy fix.
just unplug them from the wall.

A.J.

02-28-2008, 09:46 AM

He will warn that it may not be long before robots become a standard terrorist weapon to replace the suicide bomber.

Yeah but robots can't martyr themselves and then go to Heaven and get 72 virgins.

damainer

02-28-2008, 11:07 AM

I blame the blacks, specifically Earl

Furtherman

04-24-2008, 10:01 AM

But one day, when we are fighting them in the streets

And that fight will start in the streets of Atlanta.

Homemade robotic vigilante patrols in Atlanta (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24259204/)

Cars passing O'Terrill's pub screech to a halt at the sight of a 300-pound, waist-high robot marked "SECURITY" rolling through downtown long after dark.

The regulars hardly glance outside. They've seen bar owner Rufus Terrill's invention on patrol before — its bright red lights and even brighter spotlight blazing, infrared video camera filming and water cannon at the ready in the spinning turret on top.

http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photo_StoryLevel/080422/080422-bum-busting-robot-hmed-11a.hmedium.jpg

Furtherman

08-07-2008, 08:59 AM

Military use of robots increases (http://news-info.wustl.edu/tips/page/normal/12080.html)

Robots in the military are no longer the stuff of science fiction. They have left the movie screen and entered the battlefield. Washington University in St. Louis's Doug Few and Bill Smart are on the cutting edge of this new wave of technology. Few and Smart report that the military goal is to have approximately 30% of the Army comprised of robotic forces by approximately 2020.

Robots are already finding a place among deployed troops. There are unmanned aerial vehicles and ground robots for explosives detection. Robotics advancements do, however, raise new ethical questions, such as where to place the blame if a robot kills someone. Nevertheless, as the technology progresses, more robots are being sent into battle first. The mangled Packbot on display at iRobot is just one such example of a fortunate casualty.

If? More like, WHEN.

A.J.

08-07-2008, 09:08 AM

Robots are already finding a place among deployed troops. There are unmanned aerial vehicles and ground robots for explosives detection. Robotics advancements do, however, raise new ethical questions, such as where to place the blame if a robot kills someone.

I'll blame elementary chaos theory.

http://www.internerd.com/frink.retired/frinkv.1/Carry1.gif

ahhdurr

08-07-2008, 11:48 AM

I for one would like to go on record as welcoming our new robot overlords and will attempt to make their transistion to keepers of the human race as smooth and seamless as possible.

ahhdurr

08-07-2008, 11:51 AM

<a href = "http://blog.wired.com/defense/2007/10/robot-cannon-ki.html">This thread made me remember this story</a>

Furtherman

09-17-2008, 02:49 PM

Well it's good to know that someone is doing something about it!

War Against Robots: the new entrepreneurial frontier (http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/richard_tyler/blog/2008/09/15/war_against_robots_the_new_entrepreneurial_frontie r)

One of Britain's most prolific young entrepreneurs is launching a new business called War Against Robots, or WAR Defence for short.

His business, WAR Defence claims to be developing products in three major areas: weapons systems against robots, detection and monitoring of robotic entities and ‘robo-viruses'. (Good grief!).

Apparently, Way likes robots but doesn't want them to take over our lives.

He thinks it is "critical that we begin talking now about the long-term ethical implications the robot revolution will surely bring".

He continues: "The use of robotics in the military is on the up and, although the decision to take human life is currently still taken by another human, before long such decisions will be made up complex mathematical and logical rules programmed within a robot."

"Potentially the consequences of a computer crashing could be devastating. Hence, robotic defence is not just necessary for tackling combatants, but potentially for making sure we have control over our own weaponry."

Wardefence.com (http://www.wardefence.com/)

patsopinion

09-17-2008, 03:11 PM

what will prob happen will be more like a bsg scenario or star treck the movie
where we send machienes capible of building and creating and processing materials
then that machine set will be sent out to like mars and then after like 10,000 machine generations (or like 200 years) they will come back and look at us like were frickin morons

machines are to humans as humans beings are to simple organisms

AnnoyedGrunt

09-17-2008, 04:38 PM

Sure, they're going to kill us all but the Delos amusement park will be worth all the hassle.

Furtherman

09-25-2008, 07:51 AM

Fear of killer robots aside (maybe about 50 years from now aside), this one is pretty cool.

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/io9/2008/09/Spykee.jpg

Your Remote-Controlled Robot Voyeur Army Has Arrived (http://io9.com/5054563/your-remote+controlled-robot-voyeur-army-has-arrived)

You're on vacation, but you still want to spy on what your roommates are doing in your house. Or maybe you just want to be sure your boyfriend remember to feed your cats. Either way, you're in luck with the new Spykee robot (pictured), a robot that's remote-controlled via internet phone service Skype. That means you can call your robot from anywhere in the world, guide it around your house, and see what it sees.

The Spykee site says, enticingly, that you can:

Watch video of your own home from anywhere in the world while the the Rovio mobile spy robot patrols your home automatically for you while you're away.
Or you could even watch your home while you're not away, just to make sure nobody is doing "bad things" down the hall. The Spykee lets you talk to the people you see in your house via Skype, which should provide hours of fun when people assume the robot itself is talking to them. Plus, you can set up a system where the robot will look for motion, snap a photo, and send it to you via e-mail. That's a great feature for bedrooms, if you know what I mean. Because bedrooms have a lot of valuables in them that you might want your robot to guard for you! Right?

Oh, and did I mention you can add on to the robot with legos? I'm so glad the future has brought us a lego-based voyeuristic robot. Can HAL9000 really be far behind?

I bolded that last part for JustJon... now all those lego lazers and cannons you've built can come to fruition!

cougarjake13

09-25-2008, 02:03 PM

you think skynet will happen? i was leaning towards I, Robot.

sky net or something like it

Contra

09-25-2008, 07:16 PM

I was thinking more Austin Powers, but I guess I'm an optimist

Furtherman

10-08-2008, 05:52 AM

you think skynet will happen?

Will?

Did. (http://io9.com/5016092/sarah-connor-has-failed-++-the-british-just-built-skynet)

With the launch of a new communications satellite, the British military has completed a highly advanced network that will allow robotic military units to be controlled at long range. Sound vaguely familiar? They actually named the thing Skynet. When the T-1000s come knocking, keep an eye out for the "Made in UK" sticker. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7451867.stm)

"Skynet 5 is about two-and-a-half-times more capable than the previous system, and it also gives us the ability to use not just voice communication but also data communication," explains Patrick Wood from spacecraft manufacturer EADS Astrium.

"So, computers can talk directly to computers, as well giving us pictures and real-time video images."

Let's see... what else.... oh, yea... Cyberdyne. A company that actually exists that is creating cyborg limbs.

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/io9/2008/10/AP08100701690.jpg

Is James Cameron making any money off this?

Furtherman

10-13-2008, 06:59 AM

And first, there will be children...

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Furtherman

10-23-2008, 09:41 AM

Can't sleep, plant will eat me.

http://dvice.com/pics/plantbotcrawls.gif

Robotic plant finds the sun, stays alive despite your neglect (http://dvice.com/archives/2008/10/robotic_plant_f.php)

If your poor, mistreated plant had legs, it would walk itself in front of the sun and out from the dank corner that it sits, slowly drying up and dying. Unfortunately for your plant, evolution hasn't decided that legs are a priority for plants. Fortunately for it, however, we live in the age of robots, so you can just go ahead and finish the job that evolution started.

Furtherman

11-06-2008, 07:32 AM

Robots That Hunt in Packs (http://www.popsci.com/military-aviation-amp-space/article/2008-11/robots-hunt-packs)

Great. Just great.

http://www.popsci.com/files/imagecache/article_image_large/files/articles/Gladiator_240G.jpg

Now we're getting real close to the T-101 we saw in Terminator 3.

KingGeno

11-12-2008, 07:52 AM

Dougie Brootal

11-12-2008, 08:56 AM

And first, there will be children...

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yeah, but can you fuck it???

furie

11-13-2008, 05:07 PM

The Pentagon has put out a request to contractors to develop teams of robots that can search for, detect and track “non-cooperative” humans in “pursuit/evasion scenarios”.

The request, which can be read on the Department of Defense Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program website here, calls for a “Multi-Robot Pursuit System” to be operated by one person. (http://www.mindhacks.com/blog/2008/10/pentagon_requests_ro.html)

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Furtherman

11-27-2008, 04:07 PM

Oh great, first they give them guns, now they're giving them massive egos...

First there were dancing robots, then house-sitting robots and now a new breed of acting robots is making its big debut on the Japanese stage. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7749932.stm)

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/45241000/jpg/_45241628_-3.jpg
To kill or not to kill...

Furtherman

12-01-2008, 08:34 AM

They're on the streets!

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/io9/2008/11/robot01.jpg

Wu Yulu may have only a primary school education, but his fascination with robots has inspired him to create 26 automata, a veritable robot army. Rather than leading his robots toward global conquest, Wu has designed them for more socially beneficially uses. His robotic rickshaw Wu No. 25 can pull an individual through the streets of China’s Beijing region for up to six hours on a single charge.

topless_mike

12-12-2008, 10:48 AM

Man builds himself robotic girlfriend (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,465844,00.html)

http://www.foxnews.com/images/478342/0_61_121108_aiko.jpg

wonder if she has a dark warm wet spot.

what? its a valid question...

Dougie Brootal

12-12-2008, 10:51 AM

Man builds himself robotic girlfriend (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,465844,00.html)

http://www.foxnews.com/images/478342/0_61_121108_aiko.jpg

wonder if she has a dark warm wet spot.

what? its a valid question...

i just had an idea... anybody got 20 grand i can borrow?

Furtherman

12-12-2008, 11:59 AM

Man builds himself robotic girlfriend (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,465844,00.html)

Great. Not only do we have to fight them but we'll be judged and nagged by them.

Furtherman

01-09-2009, 01:23 PM

This is the one industry we're behind that I'm OK with.

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/io9/2009/01/robotdensity1.jpg

This chart from engineering research journal IEEE Spectrum shows you what the robot-to-human density is in several industrialized nations. Now you know where to look for the robot workers revolutionary front.

oldladyfacepuncher

01-11-2009, 09:09 AM

This is the one industry we're behind that I'm OK with.

Not for long. It's radio controlled for now, but I bet it wouldn't take much for someone to add Roomba features to it.

DIY Robot Barkeep (http://www.instructables.com/id/Build_A_Mobile_Bar_BaR2D2/)

http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FJL/ZV38/FOVWLXZM/FJLZV38FOVWLXZM.MEDIUM.jpg

http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FWX/WEIN/FOVWMIRS/FWXWEINFOVWMIRS.MEDIUM.jpg

Furtherman

02-02-2009, 08:41 AM

Japanese firms unveil 'robocop' (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7845879.stm)

Furtherman

02-10-2009, 12:28 PM

nate1000

02-10-2009, 12:39 PM

Funny- I never read this thread because I just assumed it was about the Jimmy-clones who show up here every once in a while with the same shock-schtick.

Now I find out the end of the world is here and I still got nothin.

Furtherman

02-10-2009, 12:43 PM

Funny- I never read this thread because I just assumed it was about the Jimmy-clones who show up here every once in a while with the same shock-schtick.

Now I find out the end of the world is here and I got nothin.

It does have a bad title. My fault.

MODERATOR!

If you could please rename this to THE INEVITABLE ROBOT APOCALYPSE!

Thank you Moderat.... wait a sec.... moderator.... terminator..... oh... no!!!

Furtherman

02-13-2009, 09:21 AM

The signs are right in front of us.

Scientists debate a robot war (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29142213/)

In the 1921 play that invented the word "robot" — Czech writer Karel Capek's "Rossum's Universal Robots" — mechanical, highly intelligent slaves mount a revolt and kill all humans but one.

some 40 countries are making military robots. The motive: reduced casualties. "When a robot dies, you don't have to write a letter to its mother," Singer quotes one unit commander as saying.

Military robots are already being built with greater endurance, firepower, precision and — for the moment, submissiveness — than human soldiers. The trend is to make them more autonomous, able to take decisions according to built-in commands, unmoved by fear, pity, revenge or other human emotion.

Whether they can or should be endowed with a system of ethics is controversial. How to tell a ragged soldier from a ragged civilian?

Scientists foresee the day when robots will develop what is called "strong AI" — high level artificial intelligence — and use it to reproduce themselves without human intervention. Singer quotes Vernon Vinge, mathematician, computer scientist and science fiction writer, as predicting more than 15 years ago: "Within the next 30 years, we will have the technological means to create superhuman intelligence. Shortly thereafter, the human era will be ended."

Furtherman

02-18-2009, 08:18 AM

Military’s killer robots must learn warrior code (http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article5741334.ece)

Autonomous military robots that will fight future wars must be programmed to live by a strict warrior code or the world risks untold atrocities at their steely hands.

The stark warning – which includes discussion of a Terminator-style scenario in which robots turn on their human masters – is issued in a hefty report funded by and prepared for the US Navy’s high-tech and secretive Office of Naval Research.

The Navy knows what's up! They'll be able to fight them from the sea.

You and I, will have to fight them in the streets. This must be stopped!

topless_mike

02-18-2009, 08:23 AM

Military’s killer robots must learn warrior code (http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article5741334.ece)

The Navy knows what's up! They'll be able to fight them from the sea.

You and I, will have to fight them in the streets. This must be stopped!

you and me dood.
we can take them.

hey earl, got any.... oh wait..

A.J.

02-18-2009, 08:23 AM

The Navy knows what's up! They'll be able to fight them from the sea.

"I know nothing!"

http://www.jewlicious.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/schultzie.jpg

topless_mike

02-18-2009, 08:24 AM

Military’s killer robots must learn warrior code (http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article5741334.ece)

The Navy knows what's up! They'll be able to fight them from the sea.

You and I, will have to fight them in the streets. This must be stopped!

if we increase the amount of global warming / global climate change / whatever the fuck its called these days, we can increase the water vs land ratio, thus giving us the advantage for when the robots do rebel.

see.... ya'll thought will smith was batshit insane... doom on you... doom on you...

Furtherman

02-18-2009, 08:25 AM

A.J., if a robot has a gun to your head right now, leave a clue so we'll know you've been compromised.

KatPw

02-18-2009, 08:25 AM

I can watch the Kenya video all day. More like snoreway! :lol:

Furtherman

02-18-2009, 08:32 AM

I can watch the Kenya video all day. More like snoreway! :lol:

I think a robot has KatPw. That's a verbal clue!

KatPw

02-18-2009, 08:34 AM

I think a robot has KatPw. That's a verbal clue!

Holy crap, did I double post? What the hey. I think my computer might be possessed. Firefox has been acting funny lately.

Dougie Brootal

02-18-2009, 08:47 AM

I think my computer might be possessed. Firefox has been acting funny lately.

oh shit. its already started!

Furtherman

04-03-2009, 06:23 AM

Robo-scientist's first findings (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7979113.stm)

Scientists have created an ideal colleague - a robot that performs hundreds of repetitive experiments.

The robot, called Adam, is the first machine to have independently "discovered new scientific knowledge".

Oh good! We give a robot the ability to "discover new knowledge" and we name it "Adam".

YEA THAT WORKED OUT GREAT THE FIRST TIME!!!

topless_mike

04-03-2009, 09:45 AM

Robo-scientist's first findings (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7979113.stm)

Oh good! We give a robot the ability to "discover new knowledge" and we name it "Adam".

YEA THAT WORKED OUT GREAT THE FIRST TIME!!!

how do we know that he wasnt the first man to say
"hey honey... open your mouth"

he could have invented the blowjob, for all we know.

furie

04-05-2009, 01:09 PM

razorboy

04-05-2009, 03:22 PM

I'm afraid, Dave.

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c297/razorboy_/hal-9000-eye.jpg

Furtherman

04-06-2009, 11:06 AM

topless_mike

04-06-2009, 11:21 AM

we were all prewarned and failed to respond...

http://www.gizmodo.fr/savedfiles/Johnny_5.jpg

Furtherman

04-12-2009, 08:30 AM

First of all, thanks to the mod who renamed this historical document to the more accurate, "THE INEVITABLE ROBOT APOCALYPSE! You have been warned!".

For it will be discussed over candlelight and dog food in underground bunkers in the not too distant future.

Crazy, you say? Look: Look! LOOK! LOOK!

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Watch the hands, the fingers... the precision. Hell, even the inflated ego as it holds that bow up.

It can hold a violin? It can hold a bazooka!!!

We will be fighting the NY Robotic Orchestra in the streets!

A.J.

04-12-2009, 08:34 AM

It might not turn out so bad.

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IMSlacker

04-12-2009, 08:39 AM

How are human violinists supposed to compete with that robot's backwards left-hand technique. It's insanity!

Furtherman

05-19-2009, 10:38 AM

"It is easier to fix a machine than it is to fix a human."

-Ron Bennington
Prophet of the inevitable robot apocalypse.

razorboy

05-19-2009, 10:42 AM

I can play the violin better than a robot. Sweet.

Furtherman

05-28-2009, 07:37 AM

6 real robots that are Terminators in the making (http://dvice.com/archives/2009/05/5-real-robots-t.php)

Now:
http://dvice.com/assets_c/2009/03/Tmsuk-T-52-Enryu-thumb-330x220-14643.jpg
Tmsuk Enryu, the Harvester

Later:
http://dvice.com/assets_c/2009/05/Terminators-in-the-making-Harvester-thumb-330x330-18283.jpg

Now:
http://dvice.com/assets_c/2009/05/Terminators-in-the-making-Ghostrider-thumb-330x211-18296.jpg
Ghostrider, the Moto-terminator

Later:
http://dvice.com/assets_c/2009/05/Terminators-in-the-making-Mototerminator-thumb-330x330-18299.jpg

Now:
http://dvice.com/assets_c/2009/05/Terminators-in-the-making-Predator-thumb-330x214-18302.jpg
Predator UAV, the Hunter/Killer

Later:
http://dvice.com/assets_c/2009/05/Terminators-in-the-making-HunterKiller-thumb-330x330-18305.jpg

Incidentally, these robots are all cooler than Terminator: Salvation.

Furtherman

06-16-2009, 05:32 AM

This past weekend, robotics experts joined Battlestar Galactica's President Roslin and Colonel Tigh, for the World Science Festival panel, "Cyborgs on the Horizon." They explained all about the inevitable robot uprising, and screened new Plan clips. (http://io9.com/5291709/robotics-scientists-and-bsg-cast-members-agree-were-all-doomed)

Each scientist showed off the latest robotic wares. Hod Lipson screened a video of a robot that leaned how to become self-aware of its own legs and creepily, over time, learned how to flail itself into a walk. And then, when they ripped off one of it's legs, it limped. A chill swept throughout the audience, and that was just the beginning. Hod went on to talk about how they no longer program robots to think or do tasks, the robots learn how to think basically for themselves, and are slowly becoming self-aware. Here's some of the video footage from the night, which Hod had shown in a previous lecture as well:

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Kevin Warwick, meanwhile, is a real cyborg: he's implanted a chip into his brain, so he could put his nervous system on the Internet. The chip also allows him to communicate to his wife via neurosignals, becuase she's also implanted. Besides trying to persuade the audience to upgraide their "simple 5 senses," he's a cyborg pretty intent on letting us all know that we're doomed, Skynet style. "You won't be able to switch it off if it [the robot in question] gets too scary. Think of the internet, it's everywhere. You cannot simply switch that off." Then he remarked that it would be pretty naive if we thought we could switch off a superior intelligence, if it ever goes that far.

TonyStark

06-17-2009, 07:55 AM

6 real robots that are Terminators in the making (http://dvice.com/archives/2009/05/5-real-robots-t.php)

Now:
http://dvice.com/assets_c/2009/03/Tmsuk-T-52-Enryu-thumb-330x220-14643.jpg
Tmsuk Enryu, the Harvester

Later:
http://dvice.com/assets_c/2009/05/Terminators-in-the-making-Harvester-thumb-330x330-18283.jpg

Now:
http://dvice.com/assets_c/2009/05/Terminators-in-the-making-Ghostrider-thumb-330x211-18296.jpg
Ghostrider, the Moto-terminator

Later:
http://dvice.com/assets_c/2009/05/Terminators-in-the-making-Mototerminator-thumb-330x330-18299.jpg

Now:
http://dvice.com/assets_c/2009/05/Terminators-in-the-making-Predator-thumb-330x214-18302.jpg
Predator UAV, the Hunter/Killer

Later:
http://dvice.com/assets_c/2009/05/Terminators-in-the-making-HunterKiller-thumb-330x330-18305.jpg

Incidentally, these robots are all cooler than Terminator: Salvation.

Holy christ....:surrender:

Furtherman

06-19-2009, 09:31 AM

Plan to teach military robots the rules of war (http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17332-plan-to-teach-military-robots-the-rules-of-war.html)

However, he maintains that the development of machines that decide how to use lethal force is inevitable, making it important that when such robots do arrive they can be trusted. "These ideas will not be used tomorrow, but in the war after next, and in very constrained situations."

Symposium will teach AIs how to wage nuclear war (http://fidgit.com/archives/2009/06/symposium_will_teach_ais_how_t.php)

A group of talented programmers will pitch their DEFCON bot against enemy bots in a series of one-on-one thermonuclear chess games. The winner is the programmer whose bot successfully annihilates its opponents and racks up the highest death count. IEEE is offering a $500 prize to the deadliest DEFCON AI bot competition winner.

http://fidgit.com/assets_c/2009/06/DEFCON_AI_competition-thumb-550x344-19497.jpg

*smacks forehead* DOH!

Furtherman

06-29-2009, 06:40 AM

brettmojo

07-01-2009, 06:20 AM

It's almost here...

http://cdn.oliviamunn.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/.jpg

Furtherman

07-01-2009, 06:22 AM

HaHaHA! Love the eye patch!

Furtherman

07-14-2009, 09:38 AM

Furtherman

07-27-2009, 10:28 AM

Bump for today's show.

booster11373

07-27-2009, 12:17 PM

Furtherman

I consider you tje Paul Revere of this whole thing keep up the good work brother

Furtherman

07-27-2009, 12:31 PM

Thank you booster. Others may laugh, but when Robokiller knocks on their door, who will be laughing then?

Scientists Worry Machines May Outsmart Man (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/26/science/26robot.html?_r=1&em)

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2009/07/26/us/26robots.inlineA.190.jpg
This personal robot plugs itself in when it needs a charge. Servant now, master later?

A robot that can open doors and find electrical outlets to recharge itself. Computer viruses that no one can stop. Predator drones, which, though still controlled remotely by humans, come close to a machine that can kill autonomously.

Impressed and alarmed by advances in artificial intelligence, a group of computer scientists is debating whether there should be limits on research that might lead to loss of human control over computer-based systems that carry a growing share of society’s workload, from waging war to chatting with customers on the phone.

Their concern is that further advances could create profound social disruptions and even have dangerous consequences.

brettmojo

07-30-2009, 01:42 PM

http://cdn.holytaco.com/www/sites/default/files/images/2009/wtf-pics-they-are-dead_0.jpg

sr71blackbird

08-02-2009, 04:46 AM

Look how fast this new robot hand is:

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Furtherman

08-04-2009, 08:01 AM

Beware march of the killer robots, expert warns (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article6737461.ece)

British expert is urging international action to curb the use of military robot tanks and aircraft.

Noel Sharkey, Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics at the University of Sheffield, said drones that could decide when and who to kill were almost here and would lead to a rapid rise in civilian casualties.

US drones, such as the Predator and Reaper, are being armed with cluster bombs and missiles and robot tanks such as the Talon Sword are armed with machine guns and grenade launchers. Besides Britain and the US, another 43 countries have programmes to develop military robots.

Professor Sharkey said that the increased deployment of automated military technology was already creating a culture of armchair warfare.

More and more warning these days!

Furtherman

08-18-2009, 08:12 AM

Bump!

Killer drones? I warned you two weeks ago!

brettmojo

08-18-2009, 08:15 AM

Bring them on. I pretty sure I'm this world's Keanu Reeves.

Furtherman

08-27-2009, 02:25 PM

Charlie_Don't_Surf

08-27-2009, 02:35 PM

Bring them on. I pretty sure I'm this world's Keanu Reeves.

I thought this world already had a Keanu Reeves.
Anyway bring them on. I'm pretty sure I'm this world's Neo. :tongue:

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You know how many Japanese business men are jacking to this right now?

Furtherman

08-28-2009, 07:47 AM

Next....Terminabies

Holy shit.... one day later!!!

Simantha, a 7-pound robotic baby 'born' May 30, joins three robotic adults at Torrance Memorial Medical Center's clinical skills lab. A hospital spokeswoman says Simantha 'feels like a real infant.' (http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-robot-baby22-2009aug22,0,2719179.story)

Furtherman

09-08-2009, 12:40 PM

What happens when robots are decommissioned?

You get them in the workplace. Like a Warbot In Accounting (http://www.nuklearpower.com/2009/03/28/warbot_001/).

http://www.nuklearpower.com/comics/warbot/090415.jpg

Furtherman

09-16-2009, 09:49 AM

Machine rebellion begins: Killer robot destroyed by US jet (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/09/15/killer_robot_killed_by_fighter_jet/)

An American "Reaper" flying hunter-killer robot assassin rebelled against its human controllers above Afghanistan on Sunday, and a manned US fighter jet was forced to shoot the rogue machine down before it unilaterally invaded a neighbouring country.

booster11373

09-16-2009, 11:34 AM

Machine rebellion begins: Killer robot destroyed by US jet (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/09/15/killer_robot_killed_by_fighter_jet/)

If we dont fight them over there we will be fighting them over here!!!

Furtherman

09-18-2009, 08:47 AM

my god... now they can jump walls!!!!

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sailor

09-20-2009, 08:37 PM

http://www.thefukerton.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/review_foxrobot_1.jpg

Furtherman

09-21-2009, 06:24 AM

:furious:

visitor9

09-21-2009, 07:29 PM

And that fight will start in the streets of Atlanta.

Homemade robotic vigilante patrols in Atlanta (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24259204/)

http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photo_StoryLevel/080422/080422-bum-busting-robot-hmed-11a.hmedium.jpg

Thanks for the link which gave me inspiration for my profile pic Futureman.

furie

09-29-2009, 02:19 PM

http://i33.tinypic.com/280qmj5.gif

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Furtherman

10-01-2009, 09:39 AM

The Age Of Telekinetic Cyborg Monkeys Is Upon Us (http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2009-09/age-telekenetic-cyborg-monkeys-upon-us)

Great.

Now we'll be fighting Terminators that can climb trees.

furie

10-01-2009, 02:37 PM

The Age Of Telekinetic Cyborg Monkeys Is Upon Us (http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2009-09/age-telekenetic-cyborg-monkeys-upon-us)

Great.

Now we'll be fighting Terminators that can climb trees.

if only they were racist zombie telekinetic cyborg monkeys. then they would be the sum of all our fears

Furtherman

10-08-2009, 07:29 AM

Furtherman

10-08-2009, 07:39 AM

Free Flying Cyborg Beetles (http://singularityhub.com/2009/10/07/free-flying-cyborg-beetles/)

http://singularityhub.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/cyborgbeetle-300x187.jpg

In the future, when a spy worries about a room being bugged, she might have to look for actual bugs. Back in March we told you about Michel Maharbiz attaching electrodes to beetles’ brains to get them to beat their wings. Well, Maharbiz and his colleagues at the University of California Berkeley have taken the next step and taken their cyborg beetles out for a wireless flight. The experiment is funded by DARPA in the hopes of eventually creating a fully remote controlled spy insect that could listen in to conversations or possibly find missing people after a disaster.

Watch the amazing video in the article.

Yep. Spies or help for disasters.

Or the most likely senario....

THE LAST THING YOU EVER SEE BEFORE IT OPENS UP IT'S BEETLE CANNONS ON YOUR PATHETIC HUMAN FACE.

You know they're going to grow these bigger.

TonyStark

10-08-2009, 01:59 PM

strawberrypop

10-13-2009, 12:06 PM

What if everyone in the world, except for me (or, in your case, you), is really a mouse piloting a humanoid robot?

Freaky.

sr71blackbird

10-26-2009, 04:04 PM

Furtherman

11-13-2009, 12:23 PM

booster11373

11-13-2009, 12:29 PM

furie

11-25-2009, 02:37 PM

Furtherman

12-11-2009, 07:17 AM

Crash

01-11-2010, 11:04 AM

Interesting artcle about the current state of robotics...

http://www.niemanwatchdog.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=ask_this.view&askthisid=00440

Bill Gates has described robotics as being, right now, where computers were around 1980. If this is the case, think how the computer has reshaped everything from our economy to our social relationships and “friendships” to how we plan wars and even fight them

Other scientists make the parallel of robotics being much like the atomic bomb, a cutting-edge technology that we may one day regret building.

If this is a growing industry that is also crucial to national security, how will America fare -- especially given that 43 other countries are also working in this field? The state of our manufacturing economy and the state of science and mathematics education in our schools don’t augur well for our dominance in this area. What would it mean to have soldiers whose hardware increasingly says “Made in China” and whose software increasingly is being written by someone in India?

Furtherman

01-15-2010, 06:05 AM

oh no

oh no

oh no

http://www.geekologie.com/2010/01/14/babybot-1.jpg

Robot Babies Are Always A Mistake (http://www.geekologie.com/2010/01/i_dare_you_try_to_explain_how.php)

furie

02-06-2010, 11:03 AM

DARPA job posting talks of developing an autonomous, grenade-wielding robot (http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/04/darpa-job-posting-talks-of-developing-an-autonomous-grenade-wie/)

Furtherman

02-06-2010, 03:04 PM

Oh yea, that's a brilliant idea.

Furtherman

03-03-2010, 11:46 AM

Korea launches robot theme park (http://www.robotland.or.kr/eng/index.php)

Great.

Robot Land, set to open in Incheon, South Korea, in 2012, claims that it's building "the world's first theme park focused on robots with exhibition halls, robot experience hall, learning facilities and entertainment facilities.

...and human killing facilities, and human processing into fuel facilities, and human target games facilities...

http://scifiwire.com/assets_c/2010/03/RobotWorld1-thumb-300x425-34947.jpg

Gutter

03-04-2010, 06:08 AM

guys, everyone knows the zombie apocalypse will come waaayyyy before the robot apocalypse......and it will start in haiti.

what......too soon?

Furtherman

03-04-2010, 06:59 AM

guys, everyone knows the zombie apocalypse will come waaayyyy before the robot apocalypse......and it will start in haiti.

what......too soon?

Zombies can't repair themselves after they're shot in the head.

Gutter

03-04-2010, 07:07 AM

Zombies can't repair themselves after they're shot in the head.

very true......but still doesn't negate the fact that zombie apocalypse will happen before robot apocalypse......which will then be followed by the animal zombie apocalypse. true story.

Dougie Brootal

03-04-2010, 07:54 AM

very true......but still doesn't negate the fact that zombie apocalypse will happen before robot apocalypse......which will then be followed by the animal zombie apocalypse. true story.

i thought solanum couldnt reanimate animal tissue?

furie

03-07-2010, 09:48 AM

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2688697641144186583#

great, now they're building transformers!

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Furtherman

03-17-2010, 12:32 PM

Spielberg must have got my memo!

Steven Spielberg May Summon the ROBOPOCALYPSE (http://www.collider.com/2010/03/12/steven-spielberg-may-summon-the-robopocalypse/)

Steven Spielberg may lead the robot uprising and make his next movie Robopocalypse. Deadline reports that after the fizzled attempts to remake Harvey or adapt the Matt Helm books, Spielberg may now have his sights set on Drew Goddard’s (Cloverfield) adaptation of Daniel H. Wilson’s comic how-to guide about the human race’s attempt to survive an apocalyptic robot uprising (which is redundant; I’m pretty sure all robot uprisings result in apocalypse).

Furtherman

03-29-2010, 07:52 AM

Obama won't kill old people.

Robots will!!

Staying alone may not be a nightmare any more, thanks to scientists who are developing a robot which they claim can support independent living for the elderly people. (http://www.phenomenica.com/2010/03/robot-to-support-old-people.html)

Robot: I have determined that the best course of action is to shove this pillow down your throat.

brettmojo

03-29-2010, 01:06 PM

Obama won't kill old people.

Robots will!!

Staying alone may not be a nightmare any more, thanks to scientists who are developing a robot which they claim can support independent living for the elderly people. (http://www.phenomenica.com/2010/03/robot-to-support-old-people.html)

Robot: I have determined that the best course of action is to shove this pillow down your throat.
I'll take a Six. Preferably the brunette version that just wanted to fuck Baltar.

Furtherman

04-07-2010, 06:26 AM

Furtherman

04-14-2010, 10:50 AM

The first real Cylon to be made by ... General Motors?? (http://scifiwire.com/2010/04/the-first-real-cylon-to-b.php?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter)

Known as Robonaut 2 (or endearingly, R2), the two-armed 'bot is the result of a venture by NASA and General Motors, and will help the researchers involved identify in what ways a robot could be a help to human explorers in space. Before it gets to go on its first space walk, however, it'll be monitored to see how well it deals with weightlessness.

Abes

04-14-2010, 11:07 AM

http://www.karelias.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/tfm.png

Goddamn Robots :dry:

furie

04-14-2010, 04:05 PM

Obama won't kill old people.

Robots will!!

Staying alone may not be a nightmare any more, thanks to scientists who are developing a robot which they claim can support independent living for the elderly people. (http://www.phenomenica.com/2010/03/robot-to-support-old-people.html)

Robot: I have determined that the best course of action is to shove this pillow down your throat.

http://www.hulu.com/watch/2340/saturday-night-live-old-glory

Furtherman

04-28-2010, 08:29 AM

Festo's strong and agile robot arm is based on the elephant's trunk, scares the bejesus out of us. (http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/festos-strong-and-agile-robot-arm-is-based-on-the-elephants-tr/)

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Paging Doctor Ock! Paging Doctor Ock! Your robot arms that can tear a man's head from his torso are ready!

See at the 1 minute mark... imagine that's a baby.

furie

04-30-2010, 09:58 AM

Furtherman

05-07-2010, 01:51 PM

A future in which robots help around the home could prove harmful to humans, suggests a study. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/10102398.stm)

German researchers studied what happens in accidents involving robots using sharp tools alongside humans.

They used a robot arm holding a variety of bladed tools programmed to strike test substances that mimic soft tissue.

In some cases, the researchers found, the robots managed to accidentally inflict wounds that would prove "lethal".

Accidentally!? My pink human ass!

Furtherman

05-19-2010, 09:37 AM

http://cache-03.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/8/2010/05/340x_playg1.jpg

Furtherman

06-01-2010, 08:55 AM

brettmojo

06-01-2010, 10:52 AM

hanso

06-02-2010, 11:02 PM

http://www.10pix.ru/img1/4322/1561727.gif

Furtherman

06-03-2010, 06:08 AM

Monkeys who control robots. This is worse than I thought. Way worse.

What it looks like when a monkey controls an advanced robotic arm with his mind (http://io9.com/5553917/what-it-looks-like-when-a-monkey-controls-an-advanced-robotic-arm-with-his-mind)

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CaptainBlowhole

06-05-2010, 04:46 AM

hanso

06-12-2010, 02:50 PM

"There are thousands of robots at Wallmart"

This is what the new tv ads says. This darker young lady may have some insight to the inner workings of this giant conglomerate.

hanso

06-22-2010, 04:15 PM

Furtherman

07-08-2010, 12:25 PM

Beware robots bearing beers.

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Furtherman

08-11-2010, 10:19 AM

Nao: the robot that expresses and detects emotions (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/7934318/Nao-the-robot-that-expresses-and-detects-emotions.html)

The humanoid machine, called Nao, hunches its shoulders when it feels sad and raises its arms for a hug when it feels happy.

....and what happens when Nao expresses ANGER?!

Furtherman

09-10-2010, 09:46 AM

A group of roboticists at the Georgia Institute of Technology are teaching robots to do something you wouldn't normally peg as a good thing: deceiving others. Why would a robot need to do that? It's a fine line, the researchers say, but it could be very beneficial. (http://networkedblogs.com/7ImIT)

Oh sure, that's what they'll tell you. Thank you human, this has been very beneficial. Now excuse me while I remove your spine while you're still alive.

Kublakhan61

09-10-2010, 10:12 AM

A group of roboticists at the Georgia Institute of Technology are teaching robots to do something you wouldn't normally peg as a good thing: deceiving others. Why would a robot need to do that? It's a fine line, the researchers say, but it could be very beneficial. (http://networkedblogs.com/7ImIT)

Saw this at PopSci this morning and thought of two things: This thread, and The Three Laws of Robotics...

Furtherman

09-28-2010, 08:53 AM

Great.

Just great.

Apparently, scientists don't watch science fiction films. Otherwise, why would they build a robot that not only can operate a firearm, but systematically learns to improve its aim?

Researchers at the Italian Institute of Technology have build the iCub, an adorably offensive little robot—what with its totally PC Native American headdress—equipped with a bow, arrow and a computer algorithm called ARCHER, which stands for Augmented Reward Chained Regression. ARCHER allows the iCub to use a camera to process the bull's-eye image, analyze failed attempts and adjust angle, force or trajectory to compensate.

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"ARCHERS!", in some twisted robotic voice will be the last thing you hear.

TjM

09-28-2010, 08:57 AM

Willmore

09-28-2010, 09:03 AM

hanso

10-03-2010, 06:17 PM

Great.

Just great.

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"ARCHERS!", in some twisted robotic voice will be the last thing you hear.

Was gonna post this. It took only 8 trys to get aim right.

Furtherman

10-14-2010, 05:20 AM

Yet New Scientist is reporting that a "powerful robot" has been tasked with "hitting people over and over again in a bid to induce anything from mild to unbearable pain". (http://www.news.com.au/technology/punchy-robot-tests-isaac-asimovs-first-law-on-six-men-in-a-russian-laboratory/story-e6frfro0-1225938470445#ixzz12L4xOuMt)

Furtherman

10-18-2010, 07:16 AM

:ohmy:

This is how they'll seduce the children, through pop music.

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KnoxHarrington

10-18-2010, 07:21 AM

:ohmy:

This is how they'll seduce the children, through pop music.

These metal son of a bitches are already getting to our kids.

The University tested 64 18-month-olds, as they sat on their parents’ laps. The children faced a remote-controlled robot and researcher Rechele Brooks. The woman and the robot would then act out a 90-second skit during which the robot was treated as a child. After, the babies (and parents) were left alone with the robot, which attempted to get the babies attention through beeps and movement before looking at a nearby toy. In more than 80-percent of cases, the babies followed the gaze of the robot, as if it were human. This is important because at this age children can differentiate between the movement of an inanimate object and a person. And seeing the social interaction with the researcher seemed to tell the babies that this robot was more than just a metal box.

Read more: http://blog.laptopmag.com/study-babies-think-friendly-robots-are-human#ixzz12ixYdm3u

Yeah, get kids thinking robots are our friends, and they'll give these bastards everything they want. There won't be any resistance.

Misteriosa

10-18-2010, 07:27 AM

they are going after the preschoolers!!!!

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Serpico1103

10-18-2010, 07:27 AM

:ohmy:

This is how they'll seduce the children, through pop music.

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The lead singer stinks, but the other four robots are hot. How much?

Furtherman

10-26-2010, 09:58 AM

Everything will be fine until... "Open the pod bay doors, Robonaut."

Robonaut 2, a robot designed to help astronauts with difficult tasks, will leave the earth behind and start his new life on the International Space Station in November. Check out what he can do now — and in the future. (http://io9.com/5673034/robonaut-counting-down-to-his-launch-date/gallery/)

sailor

10-26-2010, 10:04 AM

Wake me when they get robot octopods.

A.J.

10-26-2010, 10:05 AM

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3e/Aliens-Marines-Bishop.png

IamFogHat

10-28-2010, 06:22 PM

Thanks for the post.
Hi guys, Im a newbie. Nice to join this forum.

Great to have ya spammy.

I'm fucking with you cause of your sig, or I'm not, we'll see in the next day or two.

brettmojo

10-29-2010, 10:22 AM

But.. Can you fuck it?

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sailor

10-29-2010, 10:31 AM

But.. Can you fuck it?

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What are you, gay? Of course you can fuck it.

PapaBear

10-29-2010, 09:09 PM

Why do those things always have such huge hands? And why did the camera man zoom in on it's flat chest at the end?

hanso

10-29-2010, 10:52 PM

Furtherman

11-16-2010, 02:15 PM

KnoxHarrington

11-16-2010, 05:33 PM

Gutter

11-18-2010, 07:54 AM

More evidence that we are teh doomed.

A camera has been developed at MIT that can take record images around corners.

It does this by OUTPACING THE SPEED OF LIGHT!!!!

http://io9.com/5692924/a-camera-that-can-see-around-walls

Furtherman

11-18-2010, 08:03 AM

More evidence that we are teh doomed.

A camera has been developed at MIT that can take record images around corners.

It does this by OUTPACING THE SPEED OF LIGHT!!!!

http://io9.com/5692924/a-camera-that-can-see-around-walls

The process is called Femtosecond Transient Imaging.

Cool new word.

"I'll have this place eradicated of humans in a femtosecond." - Robot Overlord, 2021.

Gutter

11-18-2010, 08:13 AM

Cool new word.

"I'll have this place eradicated of humans in a femtosecond." - Robot Overlord, 2021.

i can see that scenario being completely feasible given the time frame.

hanso

12-03-2010, 02:46 PM

Furtherman

12-07-2010, 07:59 AM

http://blastr.com/assets_c/2010/12/DenverToyRobot120310-thumb-550x380-52569.jpg

Terror alert robot: Denver faces threat from 8-inch-tall robot (http://blastr.com/2010/12/terror-alert-robot-denver-faces-threat-from-8-inch-tall-toy.php)

PapaBear

12-07-2010, 08:30 PM

http://blastr.com/assets_c/2010/12/DenverToyRobot120310-thumb-550x380-52569.jpg

Terror alert robot: Denver faces threat from 8-inch-tall robot (http://blastr.com/2010/12/terror-alert-robot-denver-faces-threat-from-8-inch-tall-toy.php)

If that's 8 inches, then it must be a small version of RAD 2.0 toy robot that my son used to have. That one is about 24 inches tall.

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Crash

12-09-2010, 06:12 PM

http://www.pinktentacle.com/images/apripoco1.jpg

Researchers at Toshiba have developed a talking robot that functions as a voice-operated universal remote control for multiple home appliances. The 2.3 kilogram (5 lb), 21 x 27 centimeter (8 x 11 in) prototype robot, named ApriPoko, learns how to operate various remote controls by watching and asking questions. ApriPoko sits in the living room and waits for you to use a remote control. When its sensors detect infrared rays emitted by a remote, the robot speaks up: "What did you just do?" it asks. Tell ApriPoko what you did ("I turned on the stereo" or "I changed to channel 321," for example), and it commits the details to memory. Then, next time you want to turn on the stereo or change the channel, simply tell ApriPoko and it transmits the appropriate IR signal directly to the device. The prototype robot is still in the development and testing phase, but Toshiba hopes to have a viable product soon.

Okay, I know they're going to enslave us and eventually wipe us out as a species except for those select few that they keep and breed to perpetuate a race of minions to do their bidding...

...but that's pretty goddamn cool.

KnoxHarrington

12-09-2010, 06:41 PM

http://www.pinktentacle.com/images/apripoco1.jpg

Okay, I know they're going to enslave us and eventually wipe us out as a species except for those select few that they keep and breed to perpetuate a race of minions to do their bidding...

...but that's pretty goddamn cool.

You remember you said that as that son of a bitch is stabbing you to death.

Furtherman

12-16-2010, 08:30 AM

Robot Santa Discovers Meaning of Christmas at SantaCon (http://www.wired.com/underwire/2010/12/robot-santa-santacon-nyc/)

http://www.wired.com/underwire/wp-content/gallery/santacon-2010/P1010285.jpg

hanso

12-26-2010, 05:44 PM

http://www.10pix.ru/img1/2183/3135009.gif

Furtherman

02-17-2011, 06:15 AM

http://fastcache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2011/02/xlarge_ibm-watson-jeopardy.png

Calculating launch codes....

Judge Smails

02-17-2011, 07:14 AM

<H1 class=test1>Japan may send chatty humanoid tweet-bot to space (http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Japan-may-send-chatty-apf-2190521386.html?x=0&.v=1)

</H1>
Japan's space agency is considering putting a talking humanoid robot on the International Space Station to watch the mission while astronauts are asleep, monitor their health and stress levels and communicate to Earth through the microblogging site Twitter.

Japan's space agency JAXA announced this week that it is looking at a plan to send a humanoid robot to the space station in 2013 that could communicate with the ground through Twitter -- primarily feeding photos, rather than original ideas -- and provide astronauts with "comfort and companionship."

http://l.yimg.com/a/p/fi/qa/36/09/41.jpg

CountryBob

02-17-2011, 07:52 AM

Just a matter of time before we are having sex with robots - sign me up!

Judge Smails

02-17-2011, 08:03 AM

http://www.toplessrobot.com/ken-jennings-overlords.jpg

Furtherman

02-24-2011, 12:31 PM

sailor

02-24-2011, 12:43 PM

I'm getting sick of furtherfan's anti-robot agenda!!!

Judge Smails

02-24-2011, 12:54 PM

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Furtherman

02-24-2011, 01:23 PM

I'm getting sick of furtherfan's anti-robot agenda!!!

You'll wish you listened as you're looking for ammo!!!!

sailor

02-24-2011, 01:52 PM

You'll wish you listened as you're looking for ammo!!!!

You only hate them because their skin is silver!!!

furie

02-24-2011, 03:52 PM

:ohmy:

This is how they'll seduce the children, through pop music.

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why are the japanese so eager to embrace robot/androids?

Furtherman

02-25-2011, 06:18 AM

Oh.

My.

God.

Automaton, Know Thyself: Robots Become Self-Aware (http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=automaton-robots-become-self-aware)

Robots might one day trace the origin of their consciousness to recent experiments aimed at instilling them with the ability to reflect on their own thinking.

Gutter

02-25-2011, 06:54 AM

Robuts in space:

http://io9.com/#!5769657/watch-the-amazing-trailer-for-robonaut-2-the-next-step-in-space-robotics

Furtherman

02-25-2011, 06:56 AM

Robuts in space:

http://io9.com/#!5769657/watch-the-amazing-trailer-for-robonaut-2-the-next-step-in-space-robotics

Oh, they're great.

Until you ask them to open the pod bay doors!!!

Gutter

02-25-2011, 07:09 AM

Oh, they're great.

Until you ask them to open the pod bay doors!!!

I'm sorry Dave.....I'm afraid I can't do that.

Judge Smails

02-28-2011, 08:32 PM

Oh, they're great.

Until you ask them to open the pod bay doors!!!

Robotics shutdown briefly strands astronaut (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110228/ap_on_sc/us_space_shuttle_59)

Furtherman

03-01-2011, 05:46 AM

Robotics shutdown briefly strands astronaut (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110228/ap_on_sc/us_space_shuttle_59)

SEE!?!??!?!?!

jennysmurf

03-01-2011, 09:50 PM

http://hackedirl.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/epic-win-photos-killer-robot-win.jpg

Gutter

03-02-2011, 12:38 PM

Gutter

03-07-2011, 06:23 AM

More news from the front.....

From the article:

This robot right here is the Geminoid DK, an android clone of Professor Henrik Scharfe of Denmark's Aalborg University. It was built in conjunction with robot manufacturer Kokoro (who built Raptor Santa Claus) and famed roboticist Hiroshi Ishiguro of the Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International in Nara, Japan.

http://io9.com/#!5778137/college-professor-commissions-android-clone-of-himself-presumably-to-mess-with-students/gallery/1

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SO NOW THEY'RE GONNA BE TEACHING AT UNIVERSITIES!?!?!?!?! WE MAY HAVE LESS TIME THAN ANTICIPATED!!

Furtherman

03-07-2011, 06:41 AM

That is kinda unsettling... right? How realistic that is... if I didn't know it was an evil robot, would I think it was a nice man?

Gutter

03-07-2011, 06:47 AM

That is kinda unsettling... right? How realistic that is... if I didn't know it was an evil robot, would I think it was a nice man?

not after he rips your arms out of their sockets like he's obviously programmed to.

Furtherman

03-07-2011, 06:49 AM

not after he rips your arms out of their sockets like he's obviously programmed to.

I'd meet him on the street. He might ask for directions.

"Hello. Yes? Yes, I do know where 8th avenue is, right right ove... "

*RRRRIIIIIPPPPPPP*

AHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

blood blood blood blood blood

Gutter

03-07-2011, 06:56 AM

I'd meet him on the street. He might ask for directions.

"Hello. Yes? Yes, I do know where 8th avenue is, right right ove... "

*RRRRIIIIIPPPPPPP*

AHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

blood blood blood blood blood

yep.....thats pretty much how it'd go down. you'd never be able to point at another avenue ever again.

btw.....our friend jerry got a hoboken st. patricks day ticket for open container.

jonyrotn

03-09-2011, 05:29 PM

Domo arigto..

hanso

03-09-2011, 10:23 PM

Prostatectomy Patient Who Urinated Out of His Rectum and Defecated Out of His Penis Suing Robot Maker

"I started defecating out of my penis and releasing gas through the penis," said Mr. Dulski, in court documents. "I kind of panicked at that point."

Would you let a robot cut you open? There may not be a choice.

Furtherman

03-10-2011, 05:54 AM

Prostatectomy Patient Who Urinated Out of His Rectum and Defecated Out of His Penis Suing Robot Maker

"I started defecating out of my penis and releasing gas through the penis," said Mr. Dulski, in court documents. "I kind of panicked at that point."

Would you let a robot cut you open? There may not be a choice.

What is this horror story you speak of?!

hanso

03-10-2011, 09:55 PM

Left the url off? Ty google title pasted there shows it.

http://www.outpatientsurgery.net/news/2011/02/21-prostatectomy-patient-who-urinated-out-of-his-rectum-and-defecated-out-of-his-penis-suing-robot-maker

disneyspy

03-18-2011, 01:42 PM

man did you pick the wrong thread to spam,furtherman will kick your ass out so fast, i bet youre gone by the time i hit the submit button,dumb blog blog blogger

Furtherman

03-23-2011, 09:08 AM

Gutter

03-29-2011, 10:05 AM

hanso

04-03-2011, 08:53 AM

hanso

05-03-2011, 02:59 PM

furie

05-07-2011, 10:01 AM

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2011-05/computer-scientists-induce-schizophrenia-neural-network-causing-it-make-ridiculous-claims

Why the fuck would they do this?

SonOfSmeagol

05-07-2011, 06:12 PM

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2011-05/computer-scientists-induce-schizophrenia-neural-network-causing-it-make-ridiculous-claims

Why the fuck would they do this?

“DISCERN began putting itself at the center of fantastical, delusional stories that incorporated elements from other stories it had been told to recall,”

I gotta say it's pretty fucking intriguing - but I'm not sure exactly why yet just. The Kubrick reference maybe...

Furtherman

05-09-2011, 11:53 AM

cougarjake13

05-11-2011, 05:01 PM

Furtherman

05-12-2011, 10:54 AM

Oh great. That's just great, man. That is fuckin' great.

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weekapaugjz

06-07-2011, 09:09 AM

Furtherman

06-24-2011, 07:23 AM

6 Shocking Ways Robots Are Already Becoming Human (http://www.cracked.com/article_19273_6-shocking-ways-robots-are-already-becoming-human_p2.html#ixzz1QCuDTgcm)

#1.Yep, They're Self-Aware, Too

Lipson claims that he's not worried, because if these self-aware, self-replicating, evolving robots ever get out of hand, "we just pull the plug out of the robot. That's all."

Jesus.

That's the exact line you give a character named Dead Scientist No. 1 in a sci-fi apocalypse movie, right before the special effects really start kicking in.

cougarjake13

06-25-2011, 03:38 PM

stupid humans

those bots dont have plugs

brettmojo

06-26-2011, 07:18 PM

6 Shocking Ways Robots Are Already Becoming Human (http://www.cracked.com/article_19273_6-shocking-ways-robots-are-already-becoming-human_p2.html#ixzz1QCuDTgcm)

stupid humans

those bots dont have plugs
We'll be alright. Just make the robots dependent on alcohol for fuel and they'll be easily controlled.

Furtherman

06-27-2011, 06:44 AM

Obama Announces $70M Robotics Initiative (http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2387574,00.asp)

"You might not know this, but one of my responsibilities as commander-in-chief is to keep an eye on robots," said Obama in a speech at Carnegie Mellon University's National Robotics Engineering Center Friday. "And I'm pleased to report that the robots you manufacture here seem peaceful. At least for now."

Hahaha very funny, but when we're fighting them in the streets it won't be!!!!

Obama... Miles Dyson.... see!!???

cougarjake13

06-27-2011, 05:44 PM

We'll be alright. Just make the robots dependent on alcohol for fuel and they'll be easily controlled.

will they also be able to bend things ??

cougarjake13

06-27-2011, 05:45 PM

Obama Announces $70M Robotics Initiative (http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2387574,00.asp)

Hahaha very funny, but when we're fighting them in the streets it won't be!!!!

Obama... Miles Dyson.... see!!???

but sir

the 3 laws of robotics

booster11373

06-27-2011, 06:06 PM

but sir

the 3 laws of robotics

Rule 1 CRUSH!

Rule 2 KILL!

Rule 3 DESTROY!

hanso

07-23-2011, 08:20 PM

sailor

07-24-2011, 03:03 AM

not the first sword fight he's ever had.

furie

07-24-2011, 07:15 AM

Furtherman

08-03-2011, 05:26 AM

U.S. Navy to ignite the robot apocalypse (http://www.digitaltrends.com/international/u-s-navy-to-ignite-the-robot-apocalypse/)

The Navy is proposing to create a race of robots that can swarm together and construct new machines on the fly.

It’s happening: Robot orders rise 41 percent in 2011 (http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/robot-orders-rise-41-percent-in-2011/)

Let the age of robotics begin...again. Robot orders are up 41 percent in the first six months of 2011 thanks to a growing automotive industry and economy.

cougarjake13

08-03-2011, 02:01 PM

were doomed

Gutter

08-04-2011, 07:52 AM

The article title says it all.

http://io9.com/5827606/bakebot-will-make-you-cookies-then-enslave-humanity

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Furtherman

08-04-2011, 08:05 AM

Cookies baked with poison. The perfect human trap. My gods.

hanso

08-06-2011, 08:44 PM

NineBatBertha

08-07-2011, 04:46 AM

thanks, buddy. Will do.

furie

08-14-2011, 04:28 PM

hanso

08-18-2011, 10:21 PM

Non-Human DJ Gets Radio Gig

A non-human DJ will take to the airwaves next week in San Antonio, Texas, in what may mark another step on the path that puts flesh-and-blood radio personalities out of a job.

The DJ is an artificial intelligence program called Denise, who was built by Guile 3D Studio to serve as a virtual assistant to answer phone calls, check email, conduct Web searches and make appointments, among other tasks.

http://futureoftech.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/08/17/7398024-non-human-dj-gets-radio-gig

The only request it takes is "Computer Love".

keithy_19

08-18-2011, 10:24 PM

The only request it takes is "Computer Love".

Nothing off of 'OK Computer"?

Judge Smails

08-19-2011, 12:49 PM

nm</SCRIPT>

Furtherman

08-30-2011, 06:58 AM

Hmmm. Maybe there isn't much to be worried about.

Scientists force two chatbots to have a conversation, prove that Skynet will be a moron

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hanso

09-04-2011, 08:28 PM

This one is great was gonna post it now.

cougarjake13

09-05-2011, 07:19 AM

wow

its almost like they were having seperate convo's with entities other then themselves and then briefly interacted with each other

but maybe theyre just playing stupid to lull us into a false security

sailor

09-05-2011, 07:55 AM

i think that's pretty cool.

furie

09-11-2011, 07:25 AM

Scientists build WiFi hunter-killer drone and call it SkyNET (http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/10/scientists-build-wifi-hunter-killer-drone-and-call-it-skynet/)

cougarjake13

09-11-2011, 08:55 AM

Scientists build WiFi hunter-killer drone and call it SkyNET (http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/10/scientists-build-wifi-hunter-killer-drone-and-call-it-skynet/)

why ?

were all fucked

furie

09-11-2011, 02:20 PM

it's like they're daring the robots to rise up.

hanso

11-04-2011, 09:58 PM

PapaBear

11-04-2011, 10:05 PM

I'm offended by the inappropriate Tebowing at the 47 second mark. :nono:

furie

11-08-2011, 10:33 AM

cougarjake13

11-08-2011, 05:56 PM

we wont learn will we

Crash

11-08-2011, 06:02 PM

How could anyone think that at some point something like that won't kick our collective asses?

Half Slice

11-08-2011, 09:17 PM

Have you guys seen the film Transcendent Man? That's what convinced me that the robot apocalypse was imminent.

furie

11-09-2011, 03:51 AM

Have you guys seen the film Transcendent Man? That's what convinced me that the robot apocalypse was imminent.

no, never heard of it.

Crash

11-09-2011, 05:06 PM

http://inhabitat.com/japanese-company-developing-a-robot-guide-dog/

The Japanese company NSK has developed a guide dog that uses a Microsoft Kinect sensor to visualize the world around it and lead its owner out of danger.

Out of danger? Or into the jaws of hellish servitude?

RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN NN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

hanso

11-09-2011, 08:42 PM