Are we heading down the path to a robot apocalypse?
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I said I believe more, I'm not all for it. I do know, that quantum physics is just a fancy word for "Physics stuff we no barely anything about, but we like to theorize". But since the Bible is ancient astrology coated with philosophy all jumbled into short stories, and quantum physics is at least somewhat based on modern science, I like the latter more. Maybe two millennia later people will see quantum physics as we see the Bible now, that's why civilization is emergent. We question things, that's how we move forward. Quantum physics is basically the questioning of everything.Mardrax said:
It's a ***** of a field. Interesting, mind boggling, and fun, but a real ***** of a field. Still, if you ever want to be in it, you might succeed where the rest have failed - you never know. If you do, I'll get to say that I was there at your beginningPlaybahnosh said:
Your last paragraph (post 65) should be edited. You like the latter more.
Ooops! Damn typos. I has them ^_^ Edited, thanks!Gitsnik said:It's a ***** of a field. Interesting, mind boggling, and fun, but a real ***** of a field. Still, if you ever want to be in it, you might succeed where the rest have failed - you never know. If you do, I'll get to say that I was there at your beginningPlaybahnosh said:
Your last paragraph (post 65) should be edited. You like the latter more.
On topic, if I ever get into that AI stuff, and if and when I succeed, you'll be fist to know, I promise
as yet, robots are barely even capable of going up stairs so i think we are safe unless they can fly. Can they fly? I hope not because then we are totally screwed. But the future does not ly oin robots, it lies in genetically engineered super soldiers with oversized armour and and laser cannons grafted to their chests and big machine guns for arms fighting alongside legions of dark Jedi knights with lightsabers and force powers. Thats the kind of future i want to live in.
But it would be so cool if robots took over terminator style and totally wiped out humanity and the survivors would all be like lets go live on the moon and stuff and blow up the planet to get rid of the nasty robots. Then we coud go and kill all the aliens and make drinking cups from their skulls.
But it would be so cool if robots took over terminator style and totally wiped out humanity and the survivors would all be like lets go live on the moon and stuff and blow up the planet to get rid of the nasty robots. Then we coud go and kill all the aliens and make drinking cups from their skulls.
yes, Have any of you ever heard of the three robot laws? they were invented years before proper robots actually came about, but becuase of these robots will never take over.mikecoulter said:No, robots are still unable to program themselves, so as long as they're coded to a)not harm humans and b)not cause damage to certain objects. We'll be fine
1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
2. A robot must obey orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
3 A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
Sure they were invented by a writer, but scientists are using them on the more advanced robots. *shrugs* its like I, robot. Oh wait, all the robots in that started killing everyone. Woops.
We discussed that already. Asimov himself refined his "3 laws" further (adding a number of them as stated) after he created the original three.Ashbax said:yes, Have any of you ever heard of the three robot laws? they were invented years before proper robots actually came about, but becuase of these robots will never take over.mikecoulter said:No, robots are still unable to program themselves, so as long as they're coded to a)not harm humans and b)not cause damage to certain objects. We'll be fine
1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
2. A robot must obey orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
3 A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
Sure they were invented by a writer, but scientists are using them on the more advanced robots. *shrugs* its like I, robot. Oh wait, all the robots in that started killing everyone. Woops.
And to make a note of the post you were quoting - we have code that rewrites itself (albeit crudely) - look at polymorphic virus'. They're something we don't see very often any more, but they were around a fair bit when people were working on things like TINY - and they were around for as much the technical feat as the spread. Screw spammers.