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Killer Robots

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  • #152
    Fathom
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    Rubecula wrote: »
    they put stuff n your drink
    Human waiters and robots? Next time you visit after not tipping before?


  • #153
    Black Swan
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    Rubecula wrote: »
    they put stuff n your drink
    Tiny nanobots programmed with malware?


  • #154
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    Black Swan wrote: »
    Tiny nanobots programmed with malware?
    Microscopic killer (nano)robots?


  • #155
    Archer Eager Viper
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    Boston Dynamics, makers of the world’s scariest horror droids, has revealed plans to build 1,000 Spotmini machines every single year starting from 2019.

    Who needs a hungry pet dog to get the remote control, and chase burgulars when you have a Spotmini dog.

    https://metro.co.uk/2018/07/27/boston-dynamics-unleash-thousands-nightmare-inducing-robot-dogs-7767926/


  • #156
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    "Nightmare-inducing" robot dogs.


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  • #157
    Black Swan
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    1,000 Spotmini machines every single year! Change from Skynet to Dognet.


  • #158
    Fathom
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    Killer dogbots. On guard 24/7. Wonder if dogbot whisperer needed?


  • #159
    Rubecula
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    Fathom wrote: »
    Killer dogbots. On guard 24/7. Wonder if dogbot whisperer needed?
    hmmm wondering if they sniff each others nuts


  • #160
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    Squirrelbots


  • #161
    Capt'n Midnight
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    Fathom wrote: »
    Squirrelbots
    https://cybersquirrel1.com/


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  • #162
    Black Swan
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    Cyber Squirrel Operations Map. What next? Are they too attack squirrels?


  • #163
    Fathom
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    Killer squirrel bots become self-aware when Squirrelnet launches. Squirrelapocalypse Now.


  • #164
    Rubecula
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    * People seen running around screaming until one says "ooh look …..a squirrel" then all hell breaks out. However. no need to panic as to the rescue comes the remote controlled pine marten squadron, and they only want to take the squirrels down for dinner.


  • #165
    Fathom
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    Terminator (what?)


  • #166
    Black Swan
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    And then there be "slaughterbots." Viewing our dystopian future with killer drones powered by artificial intelligence.

    Source: https://www.businessinsider.com/slaughterbots-short-film-depicts-killer-drone-swarms-2017-11


  • #167
    Rubecula
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    Fathom wrote: »
    Terminator (what?)

    Terminator Squirrels versus Exterminator Pine Martens (I like the idea)


  • #168
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    Rubecula wrote: »
    Terminator Squirrels versus Exterminator Pine Martens (I like the idea)
    Yet another killer robots movie plot between different types of adversaries.


  • #169
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    Sci Fi anticipates future?


  • #170
    Fathom
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    "Artificial intelligence researchers from nearly 30 countries are boycotting a South Korean university over concerns a new lab in partnership with a leading defence company could lead to “killer robots”.


  • #171
    Rubecula
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    oh dear it is kicking off already


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  • #172
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    Rubecula wrote: »
    oh dear it is kicking off already
    Killer drones about. Land now.


  • #173
    Black Swan
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    Underwater killer robots may evolve, beyond torpedo AI technology, especially with increased Military Industrial Complex spending.


  • #174
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    The world’s deadliest torpedoes:
    The Mk48 ADCAP Mod 7 Common Broadband Advanced Sonar System (CBASS) developed by Lockheed Martin uses active and/or passive homing, broadband sonar guidance and advanced counter-countermeasures to detect, track and engage targets in deep and shallow waters.


  • #175
    Rubecula
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    underwater AI may evolve a way to join with already intelligent creatures … exploding dolphins anyone? how about armour piercing orca? Killer Calamari? argumentative porpoise?


  • #176
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    Rubecula wrote: »
    underwater AI may evolve a way to join with already intelligent creatures … exploding dolphins anyone? how about armour piercing orca? Killer Calamari? argumentative porpoise?
    Sci fi movies had its Killer Dolphins era, now cliche. Something more teardrop shape for underwater speed?


  • #177
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    Pros and Cons of Autonomous Weapons Systems?


  • #178
    Black Swan
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    Fathom wrote: »
    Pros and Cons of Autonomous Weapons Systems?

    The Department of Defense’s Unmanned Systems Roadmap: 2007-2032 provides additional reasons for pursuing autonomous weapons systems. It's rapidly developing.


  • #179
    Rubecula
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    Black Swan wrote: »
    The Department of Defense’s Unmanned Systems Roadmap: 2007-2032 provides additional reasons for pursuing autonomous weapons systems. It's rapidly developing.

    autonomous weapons would be safer than the loonies with assault rifles I feel but personally I would not like to meet any thing human or otherwise that is carrying a firearm.


  • #180
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    “Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology has reached a point where the deployment of such systems is—practically if not legally—feasible within years, not decades, and the stakes are high: autonomous weapons have been described as the third revolution in warfare, after gunpowder and nuclear arms.”


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  • #181
    Rubecula
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    I served in the military and I really would like us to step back a bit and rethink this scenario.


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