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To: Swordmaker

The good news: we can finally send someone to explore the ocean depths. (And that island in the Indian Ocean where the natives kill all who drop in.)

I am currently saving up to buy a Mac but by the time I’m ready to buy it, it might look like...people.


19 posted on 10/14/2016 4:16:27 AM PDT by Buttons12
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To: Buttons12
I am currently saving up to buy a Mac but by the time I’m ready to buy it, it might look like...people.

Saving up for top of the line? A robotic Mac that looks like people is still far off in the future. Steve Jobs vision was of your data being in the cloud, accessible by multiple appliances via apps in the cloud. That robotic Mac will look more like a can-opener or microwave oven. We're probably headed towards Siri-controlled eyeglasses with heads-up displays. Siri will scream at you not to step off the curb into traffic while you're distracted by the display on top of reality in front of you.

Sci-fi authors have written lots of stories about robots becoming everywhere taking over jobs (my favorites were written in the 1950s). The upbeat stories predict it will create a renaissance where people are healthier, wealthier and free to enjoy many hobbies. The downer stories predict that smart robots will decide our politicians and leaders are incompetent idiots, and the robots will take over administration of humans. Maybe not such a bad thing when you see what we have now in our government, and worse with the likes of Hillary.

24 posted on 10/14/2016 11:04:48 AM PDT by roadcat
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