The Rise of the Machines

[mckitterick]

Terminator Now, anyone?

But I have to admit that this is kewl.

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[themitigator.livejournal.com]

whoa....

somebody decided to make asimov literal.

[themitigator.livejournal.com]

but it sounds like it's all virtual right now. isn't hardware the limiting factor in robotics?

Runaway come true

[stefbester.livejournal.com]

These robot cockroaches totally reminded me of the spidery robot things in the movie Runaway. Blast from the past! I couldn't remember the name of the movie, and was wracking my brain looking around on google. I was looking around on the computer and one of my residents asked what I was looking for. So I told him about the article and about the snatches of movie bits that I was remembering, and he said, "Oh yeah, the Tom Selleck movie." Hallelujah! So I found it. Good movie. We watched the trailer and laughed at all the 80s hair. hee hee.

Say hello to the Hunter Killers.....

[drieuxster.livejournal.com]

One of my dispondent friends is still upset that his formerly unarmed recon device is now an armed hunter killer out there winning the WhatEverOnWhomEver.... granted they do not yet have an AI in those devices, but, with just a little bit of time....

Re: Runaway come true

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

That's hilarious - I'd forgotten about that one!

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

Well, depends: Yes, to make them complete units, but that only takes manufacturing skills; no, to make them self-directed. The hard part is always the software!

Re: Say hello to the Hunter Killers.....

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

I can understand how that would rub one wrong.

Re: Say hello to the Hunter Killers.....

[drieuxster.livejournal.com]

The second most comical part was watching some of the Alledgedly Conservative do the complete Brain Fade by forgetting what it took, in the the old days, to become a member of the Old School Tie Military-Industrial Complex, prior to it getting downgraded to merely the Military-Infotainment Complex. Ah yes, back in the day when.....

Ah yes, the scary world back before everyone Accepted that without the Karl Rove Armoured Flying Saucer Korp, americans would all be speaking vietnamese now....