Category Archives: Skynet is coming

Here’s where I’ll collect those articles which point to our grim future as slaves to our creations.

We thought they were our friends..

File this under “Skynet is coming”. A robot has been created that can sense basic emotion and display basic emotion. My only thought…when they sense fear, that’s when they’ll make their move! CLICK HERE FOR ARTICLE

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These will look cute in jack-boots

“toaster on legs”…isn’t that what they called the Cylons? Continue reading

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Armed Autonomous Robots!

well, not quite, but I can still file this article under “Skynet is Coming” click here for story

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What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

This is a great one, and completely in line with my prediction that we will make wonderful slaves for our coming robot masters.   DARPA scientists are creating robots that can change their shapes to change their functionality.  They may even … Continue reading

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Autonomous Military Robots – A Navy Perspective

The U.S. Navy has published an interesting report on the risks inherent in creating increasingly complex, deadly, autonomous killing machines.  Apparently, those of us who have been warning of the dangers are not crazy after all.  Some highlights?  Oh this … Continue reading

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When Robots walk the Earth…

Scottish scientist move a step closer to creating our cyborg masters.   Actually, this is exciting technology, the thought that artificial limbs could one day seamlessly integrate with our own nervous systems is mind blowing…

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Autonomous, self-feeding robot …

File under:  OMFG WTF!?? DARPA (the kind, gentle Defense Agency that gave us the interwebs) is funding a project to develop a “robotic platform able to perform long-range, long-endurance military missions without the need for …refueling.   The system is designed … Continue reading

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Self-organizaing robots know where all our stuff is…

This from Wired  Warehouses being increasingly (and efficiently) run by robot retrieval systems.  Self organizing and efficient…you can even name them and call them pets.  This is how our future robot overlords will manage to feed us and clean our … Continue reading

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