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Public must prepare for 'robot revolution'
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| 10/24/2006
| Ian Morgan
Posted on 10/24/2006 12:48:26 PM PDT by Dark Skies
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To: Dark Skies
The Cylons were created by man.
They were the product of a desire to make life easier on Kobol. At first, they were simple robots. Toys. Conversation pieces at parties for the rich and trendy.
The Cylons became more advanced. Began to work the mines. Do the hard and dangerous work Man no longer wished to do.
And when the poeple of the Twelve Colonies of Kobol decide to war against each other, the Cylons began to do their fighting and killing for them too. The Cylons were the greatest soldiers the planet had ever seen. Smart. Fast. Deadly. They made decisions without waiting for orders.
And then the day came when the Cylons decided to kill their masters.
Oh wait...wrong planet can't possibly happen here.
To: Dark Skies
"
..robots occupying every area of human life, from space explorers to gardeners and lovers, scientists said today." Didn't Walter Cronkite promise that something like this would already be here by now back when he hosted, "The 21st Century"?
I'm still waiting for my flying car too.
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posted on
10/24/2006 1:00:42 PM PDT
by
Outland
(Socialism IS the enemy.)
To: Dark Skies
It will never happen, because like that Saturday night live skit says, robots will kill our elderly and take their prescription medication.
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posted on
10/24/2006 1:00:58 PM PDT
by
Screamname
(LET`S GO TIGERS!!! LET`S GO TIGERS! LET`S GO TIGERS! LET`S GO TIGERS!!!)
To: Dark Skies
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posted on
10/24/2006 1:01:12 PM PDT
by
Hydroshock
( (Proverbs 22:7). The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.)
To: Dark Skies
I can just hear it now, a clamorous voice in the future expressed by a severely overworked domestic sex slave screaming in the night, "I didn't ask to be invented!!!"
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posted on
10/24/2006 1:01:47 PM PDT
by
Old Professer
(The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
To: Outland
I'm still waiting for my flying car too. It's on schedule, right behind the return of the Dirigible.
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posted on
10/24/2006 1:01:51 PM PDT
by
Tijeras_Slim
(Dancing through life like a street mime with tourettes syndrome.)
To: Dark Skies
Robotic lovers. Hmmm.
If he can make good coffee, take out the trash, and pick up and watch the kids, then I'm gonna be out of a job. I think husbands are going to need a union...
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posted on
10/24/2006 1:02:04 PM PDT
by
Little Ray
(If you want to be a martyr, we want to martyr you.)
To: Dark Skies
Public must prepare for 'robot revolution'?
Watch the shills on CNN, PMSNBC, FOX, ABC etc parrot their daily marching order to get an idea.
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posted on
10/24/2006 1:02:08 PM PDT
by
100-Fold_Return
(They Took My Saddle in Houston, Broke My Leg in Santa Fe, Lost Wife + Girlfriend)
To: Bosco
Yeah...monkey butler my arse...I'm calling my union rep....
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posted on
10/24/2006 1:02:08 PM PDT
by
nevergore
(“It could be that the purpose of my life is simply to serve as a warning to others.”)
To: Dark Skies
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posted on
10/24/2006 1:02:10 PM PDT
by
bigjoesaddle
(If Gandhi were President instead of Ronald Regan, we would be calling one another "Comrade" now.)
To: Reaganesque; Hydroshock
Here they come....
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posted on
10/24/2006 1:03:38 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
("The entire remedy is with the people." - W. H. Harrison)
To: Dark Skies
"HYMIE! ..... I didn't mean GIVE me your hand!"
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posted on
10/24/2006 1:04:11 PM PDT
by
Jackknife
( "It's not a real party 'til somebody breaks something.")
To: Dark Skies
But if robots start doing the work we no longer want to do, what will we do with our illegal aliens?
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posted on
10/24/2006 1:04:29 PM PDT
by
Trampled by Lambs
(Ok, so changing my name was not such a good idea after all...)
To: Dark Skies
Pimpbot 2000
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posted on
10/24/2006 1:05:22 PM PDT
by
RckyRaCoCo
("When you have to shoot, shoot, don't talk!")
To: PBRSTREETGANG
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posted on
10/24/2006 1:05:35 PM PDT
by
blackie
(Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
To: Dark Skies
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posted on
10/24/2006 1:07:15 PM PDT
by
Incorrigible
(If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
To: Trampled by Lambs
Robot vs Illegal gladiator bouts of course.
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posted on
10/24/2006 1:08:04 PM PDT
by
rattrap
To: Dark Skies
Roboticist Professor Noel Sharkey from the University of Sheffield said: "Robots are coming thick and fast with robot domestics, gardeners, cooks, companions, lovers, taxis, factory workers, space explorers, soldiers, maybe police and certainly pets.
My comment: Lovers!? Robot lovers? And note how the term "lover" is bracketed between cooks, companions, taxis, and factory workers etc. Except for maybe "companions" or "pets", all of these categories are examples of service providers (domestics, cooks, gardeners) or professionals (police, space explorers, soldiers). Question: what clues does Professor S.'s seemingly random catalog of categories provide about what Professor S. thinks about love or lovers?
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posted on
10/24/2006 1:08:35 PM PDT
by
Asclepius
(protectionists would outsource our dignity and prosperity in return for illusory job security)
To: redlocks322
I don't know about that:
Has to be better than 90% of the idiot liberal women out there.
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posted on
10/24/2006 1:09:14 PM PDT
by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: Incorrigible
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posted on
10/24/2006 1:10:40 PM PDT
by
blackie
(Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
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