Looks like they are researching the risk of Skynet happening

citytillidie

Risk of robot uprising wiping out human race to be studied


Cambridge researchers are to assess whether technology could end up destroying human civilisation.
The Centre for the Study of Existential Risk (CSER) will study dangers posed by biotechnology, artificial life, nanotechnology and climate change.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20501091

Praetorian Saighdiuir

Pffft Skynet.........just unplug it! Or else jam the signal with porn ads, sorted!

El_Dangeroso

Ask it to divide by zero. Job done.

Spiritual

Humans will have destroyed themselves well before the toaster figures out how to.

Sauve

benwavner wrote: »

Pffft Skynet.........just unplug it! Or else jam the signal with porn ads, sorted!

If this happens Im gonna come hide out at your house, ok?

minidazzler

I've studied all the robot uprising TV shows and movies in depth and the way to beat them is to implant one with a virus that spreads from one to another over their network.

silverharp

its ok, WOPR will kick Skynet's ass, maybe they will have a game of chess instead?

Praetorian Saighdiuir

Sauve wrote: »

If this happens Im gonna come hide out at your house, ok?

Agreed, bring beer! Wait, have you got a pee pee or a vajay jay?

monkeysnapper

yeh its all funny and after hour heroes untill the garden mower attacks you and rips off your face . see that take the smile of ya smug face , literally

Praetorian Saighdiuir

monkeysnapper wrote: »

yeh its all funny and after hour heroes untill the garden mower attacks you and rips off your face . see that take the smile of ya smug face , literally

Like in that Stephen King film?

Is it cool if I stand on the table while the lawnmower is freaking out on the ground?

Duckworth_Luas

minidazzler wrote: »

I've studied all the robot uprising TV shows and movies in depth and the way to beat them is to implant one with a virus that spreads from one to another over their network.

Having studied all the alien invasion movies I can confirm that all technology is susceptible to viruses from Windows 95 laptops!

Spiritual

I love the way these "researchers" can come up with this kind of sh!t and call it work.

MadsL

citytillidie wrote: »

Risk of robot uprising wiping out human race to be studied


Cambridge researchers are to assess whether technology could end up destroying human civilisation.
The Centre for the Study of Existential Risk (CSER) will study dangers posed by biotechnology, artificial life, nanotechnology and climate change.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20501091

<heavy Austrian accent>
Sarah Connor?
</heavy Austrian accent>

PogMoThoin

Forget skynet, the crows will get us first, they've been plotting against us for years

Pottler

They will be defeated by batteries. Apart from remote controls(which everyone knows run forever on even totally flat batteries), anything that has a battery is fecked pretty rapido. last time I checked, robots had batteries.

Rigol

Im sorry boards user - I cannot allow you to reply.

monkeysnapper

benwavner wrote: »

Like in that Stephen King film?

Is it cool if I stand on the table while the lawnmower is freaking out on the ground?

do you really think the mower wouldnt have thought about that, you really havent been thinking this through. all i can say is go outside today and get yourself a big rock .

Gran Hermano

It won't happen, Apple will sue them for breach of patent laws.

citytillidie

Pottler wrote: »

They will be defeated by batteries. Apart from remote controls(which everyone knows run forever on even totally flat batteries), anything that has a battery is fecked pretty rapido. last time I checked, robots had batteries.

Ahhh but everything is slowly going on recharging battries and with these electric car station charing places popping up its their way around this issue

Mr Trade In

Skynet will be the Iphone Mini, next years Iphone update, it will come with a dna thumb scanner which will reverse engineer the human gnome.

bb1234567

The scientists said that to dismiss concerns of a potential robot uprising would be "dangerous".
:rolleyes:

mfceiling

Bucket of water...job done

upstairs for coffee

How in the name of sense did these "scientists" manage to wrangle funding for this "research".

They definitley sat around smoking weed, watching Robocop and Irobot and the like.

Praetorian Saighdiuir

monkeysnapper wrote: »

do you really think the mower wouldnt have thought about that, you really havent been thinking this through. all i can say is go outside today and get yourself a big rock .

What's the rock for? Does the mower know how to get up my stairs? What if I manage to get on the back of it before it goes mental......I could take it from behind by surprise like!

Wait, has anyone told Arnie yet?

Celly Smunt

upstairs for coffee wrote: »

How in the name of sense did these "scientists" manage to wrangle funding for this "research".

They definitley sat around smoking weed, watching Robocop and Irobot and the like.

after studying mechatronics and robotics for 8 friggin years i would happily throw money at such research.

From working with robotics during my time,i found that robots always conflict with each other.

Praetorian Saighdiuir

pmcmahon wrote: »

after studying mechatronics and robotics for 8 friggin years i would happily throw money at such research.

From working with robotics during my time,i found that robots always conflict with each other.

Lies, those "Rock 'em sock 'em" guys got on well enough!

Celly Smunt

benwavner wrote: »

Lies, those "Rock 'em sock 'em" guys got on well enough!

my point proven :P

Wils110

The new call of duty is getting all the soldiers ready lol

As said before how they get funding for this

Capt'n Midnight

https://xkcd.com/1046/

Praetorian Saighdiuir

pmcmahon wrote: »

my point proven :P

Yeah but thats fiction!

monkeysnapper

benwavner wrote: »

What's the rock for? Does the mower know how to get up my stairs? What if I manage to get on the back of it before it goes mental......I could take it from behind by surprise like!

you have 2 options with the rock,

1. throw it and hope mower thinks its a dog and will run or drive after it or
2. blunt its blades with it.

on your question on whether it can climb your stairs , i doubt it really, i think you might be safe there... unless its motor pully string thing pulls itself up there. just to be on the safe side, just have a bucket of long wet grass , that ussually does the trick with mine.

on your last one, if you take it from behind . i think you should keep your kinky sex secrets off this thread. start one up of your own if thats the subjects you really want to talk about

TheMilkyPirate

Pottler wrote: »

They will be defeated by batteries. Apart from remote controls(which everyone knows run forever on even totally flat batteries), anything that has a battery is fecked pretty rapido. last time I checked, robots had batteries.

I'm pretty sure by the time we get to the stage that AI could destroy the human race batteries will be the least of there worries.

Pottler

baraca wrote: »

I'm pretty sure by the time we get to the stage that AI could destroy the human race batteries will be the least of there worries.

Unlikely. Show me one electronic device that does not require a power source... even rfid chips have to be energised..

Praetorian Saighdiuir

Pottler wrote: »

Unlikely. Show me one electronic device that does not require a power source... even rfid chips have to be energised..

My UPC remote, if there was a fuppin inanimate carbon rod in it it still wouldnt work right!

Shryke

Pottler wrote: »

Unlikely. Show me one electronic device that does not require a power source... even rfid chips have to be energised..

Automated nuclear power, possibly fusion. And a system complex enough to sport killbots should have no problem with ancillary power supplies and fuel cell carrying drones and the like. That's if automated missile systems don't just blow us all to hell without the need for much work in the strictly physical.

Capt'n Midnight

Pottler wrote: »

Unlikely. Show me one electronic device that does not require a power source... even rfid chips have to be energised..

Monorail! Monorail! Monorail!
Monorail!

Operator 1: Wait a minute! We could just shut off the power!
Operator 2: No such luck– it’s solar powered
Operator 1: Solar power…When will people learn?

Tommy Dillon

What a crap thread, I'm outa here but dont worry.............. ILL BE BACK

IT-Guy

Whatever about technology destroying mankind, it's the threat from particles in comet tails that will get the machines to rise up against us :eek: : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091499/

BrokenArrows

Once they successfully develop an AI software which can rewrite its own programming it will fairly quickly destroy us all. lol.

RikkFlair

Just install Windows Vista on all skynet systems.

Hasta la vista baybee.

opinion guy

Spiritual wrote: »

I love the way these "researchers" can come up with this kind of sh!t and call it work.

bb1234567 wrote: »

The scientists said that to dismiss concerns of a potential robot uprising would be "dangerous".
:rolleyes:

upstairs for coffee wrote: »

How in the name of sense did these "scientists" manage to wrangle funding for this "research".

They definitley sat around smoking weed, watching Robocop and Irobot and the like.

Wils110 wrote: »

The new call of duty is getting all the soldiers ready lol

As said before how they get funding for this

Don't worry I have a new theorem that will mean their funding can be cancelled immediately:

Can technology wipe out humanity ???

Theorem: Erm....Yes.

Q.E.D.

Can I have tenure please ?

BrokenArrows

opinion guy wrote: »

Don't worry I have a new theorem that will mean their funding can be cancelled immediately:

Can technology wipe out humanity ???

Theorem: Erm....Yes.

Q.E.D.

Can I have tenure please ?

Sure why not. Ill transfer some funds to get you started. Just PM me your account details, name, address, dob and all relevant details.

ScumLord

When the robot uprising happens this thread will be racist. Then you'll be sorry.

Hippies!

This is the Matrix lads, Skynet and the like happened 388 years ago

deathrider

Skynet could never happen. Miles Dyson blew a load of important stuff up, and John Corror fecked the rest of the important stuff into the molten stuff, so we're grand lads.

shedweller

Be afraid

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqpO58x7vuE

very afraid

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5YftEAbmMQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUeKKvKEvYI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmDByFN6eig

http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2012/autonomous-robotic-plane-flies-indoors-0810.html
http://thenextweb.com/insider/2012/08/10/no-controls-gps-flight-no-problem-mits-robust-robotics-group/

h2005

Spiritual wrote: »

Humans will have destroyed themselves well before the toaster figures out how to.

The toaster is actually the greatest threat! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiSwnWw65Wo

shedweller

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFGfq0pRczY

shedweller

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bplkHcuMEzE

It's all fun and games lads.

MadsL

Mr Trade In wrote: »

Skynet will be the Iphone Mini, next years Iphone update, it will come with a dna thumb scanner which will reverse engineer the human gnome.

Dobby? Is that you?

holystungun9

minidazzler wrote: »

I've studied all the robot uprising TV shows and movies in depth and the way to beat them is to implant one with a virus that spreads from one to another over their network.

Do robots watch RTE?