SKYNET Part 3: “…try not to build anything that actively kills people…”
Scientist warns humanity to prepare for the rise of robots:
http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2008/12/preparing-human.html
Robots to raise your child:
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/12/babysittingrobo.html
Sarcos “Exoskeleton” Robot Suit:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYWd2C3XVIk
Robot population “booming” worldwide:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2000/01/000117071805.htm
Robots will be measure of the gulf between the “haves” and “have nots” of the future:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081205100137.htm
But the GOOD news is that when they finally do wake up, they’ll have the technology to be invisible (and borderline invincible as well):
http://discovermagazine.com/2009/jan/007
And, you know this doesn’t weird me out at all either:
http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives/2008/03/combat_for_recon_missions.html
Read my original “SKYNET” posts here:
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Don’t worry Eben, When the time comes I think you’ll be able to fit right in.
Eben,
You’ve spoken about the concept you learned known as the “Intelligence Worker.” As our world evolves and more people learn to shed their scarcity thoughts and embrace the notion of true and absolute abundance, I believe the concept of money will eventually be unnecessary. However separations will still exist between ‘classes’ -whatever these may be. Isn’t it possible that the divide between the “haves” and the “have nots” will eventually evolved to be based on intelligence?
Just wanted to say thanks, can’t get enough of these posts. Mind-boggling, freaky, exciting, fascinating. Love it.
To return the favor, leaving you a link to something you will greatly enjoy reading. I promise you’ll get a kick out of it. You and this guy are the only two blogs I read fanatically.
http://www.dilbert.com/blog/entry/glucose_equals_free_will/
I love your scarcastic sense of humour… “And, you know this doesn’t weird me out at all either…” ha – I didn’t know yanks understood sarcasm that well… Obviously i don’t know them at all
You can all just CALM DOWN. The XKCD guy has this one covered: http://xkcd.com/534/
I was collecting similar skynet news/links a few years ago, you might want to check them out and add some to your list(s): http://www.dankind.com/misc/robots.php
They did an episode of “That’s impossible” right on this topic recently, and it was damn scary (as the whole orientation of that show actually).
On the bright side of robots though, found a cool one that actually… serves beer!
http://www.uncrate.com/men/gear/misc-gadgets/asahi-beerbot