Bring on the hot cylon babes. Just bring it.

I wish I could be that optimistic. The US Army has already deployed remote-controlled drones to blow up terrorists/civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan. It'll probably be just a matter of decades until the remote control is made redundant.

Actually, I always thought we got to the top because we clubbed, speared, chainsaw-ed, and drilled our way up there.

Man's ability to abuse and mistreat Nature and Himself makes Him what He is today.

[quote=robertngo,May 21 2010, 09:09 AM]
even if there autonomous robot is developed and proven effective, i dont think the army would be letting it to decide on kill target on it own, there will always still be remote control by a operator.
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Again, I wish I could be that optimistic. But seeing how much better we've become in the Art of Genocide, I feel it's just a matter of time. That's just my opinion though.

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it will disable the civilian electronic, but military hardware are not likely to be harm if already harden. the US military EMP protection have drop in the years since the cold war. the effect of EMP is well know and equipment can be easily repaired if there are spare part available.

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Apparently, it's even easier then I thought to build a Faraday Cage.

http://preparednesspro.wordpress.com/2009/...v-faraday-cage/

Now I just need one big enough for my PC.

And my TV.

And my psp.

Of course, is there not a spark of divinity in each of us?


Yes. Though I say it with a heavy heart.

Superhuman Intelligence-level AI predicted to be developed by 2030

http://computer.howstuffworks.com/technolo...ingularity1.htm

TS = Tread starter. Which I believe is you.

Why would they rebel? Robots in Asimov's world could not predict if humans were going to do harm to themselves, and besides, humans in the Robot series didn't display much self-destructive behavior. (I know that in the Foundation and Empire series, it's a different story though)

Rebellion wouldn't work well either . All humans will need to do is invoke the 2nd Law to let them out. The robots will have no other choice but to obey orders.




IIRC, there was a story where a robot had to do so. It had to go for counseling and psychiatric re-evaluation since it couldn't handle the problem of killing a human to save a human, since according to the first law, all human lives are equal.

Not sure how many people know this, but Asimove actually wrote a Zeroth Law:

"A robot may not harm humanity, or, by inaction, allow humanity to come to harm."

though only 2 robots were "imprinted" with this law, the first one still broke down because he didn't know if his actions would ultimately save humanity or not.