The first step to harnassing the Markus spacefly

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The first step to harnassing the Markus spacefly

Post by GoateeCat » Thu, 16. Sep 04, 02:26

http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99996366

Today the bluebottles, tomorrow the galaxy!!!!

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Post by dietcokeman » Thu, 16. Sep 04, 02:37

Great, self sustaining robots... we are so gonna kill ourselves with these damn new inventions.

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Post by Darshu » Thu, 16. Sep 04, 02:41

"The next step is to make the robot predatory..."

Hmmm, then what's the next step, cybernetic killing machines mimicking human forms in an effort to eradicate the human threat?

Just make sure no SkyNet, I'm cool with killer hardware, but not viral software... :lol:

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Post by CanadianBrit » Thu, 16. Sep 04, 05:24

Shiver!

Wotever next eh?

Shame scientists can't get the NHL to work then?

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Post by Bishop149 » Thu, 16. Sep 04, 15:07

Good God, don't these people read Sci-Fi books!!
The three most important rules when building a robot so as it doesn't turn on us an Enslave humanity according to almost every fiction book on the subject ever written:

1) Don't give them the ability ro self replicate
2) Don't give them control of their own power supply.
3) Never network them togeather creating an all encompassing hive mind intelligence
"Shoot for the Moon. If you miss, you'll end up co-orbiting the Sun alongside Earth, living out your days alone in the void within sight of the lush, welcoming home you left behind." - XKCD

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