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2018-10-01 Science & Technology

Killer robots are on the way, and they're a threat to humanity

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Posted by Skidmark 2018-10-01 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11127 views ] Top

#1 Bah. Not a problem unless you're conservative.

Oh, wait . . . .

Well, it was nice knowing all of you.

Posted by gorb 2018-10-01 10:23|| 2018-10-01 10:23|| Front Page Top

#2 Nonsense. A killer robot's would run out of ammo before long rendering it mostly harmless. Even a laser requires more CO2 and other chemicals to run and these things run out. Battery power runs out. Unless it's got nuclear power or something the robot would have to develop an entire civilization to keep itself supplied.

Yes one could go nuts and bash people around and perhaps kill a lot of people with its hands and metal body but that's hardly a threat to humanity.

Posted by rjschwarz 2018-10-01 10:30|| 2018-10-01 10:30|| Front Page Top

#3 Uncharted minefields and UXO (explosive munitions that failed to explode the first time) litter the battlefields of the world... Should we outlaw these also?

Posted by magpie 2018-10-01 11:01|| 2018-10-01 11:01|| Front Page Top

#4 They have tried, intentionally conflating anti-personal mines with anti-tank mines in order to blame the US as the worst mine-layer because of our use of mines along the North Korean border when it is anti-personal mines used throughout africa that are causing the trauma such folk use in their anti-mine propognada.

Posted by rjschwarz 2018-10-01 11:37|| 2018-10-01 11:37|| Front Page Top

#5 Yes one could go nuts and bash people around and perhaps kill a lot of people with its hands and metal body but that's hardly a threat to humanity.

Wait until the 'Silicone Wives' go wild.
They can choke a man to death.

Posted by Skidmark 2018-10-01 12:31|| 2018-10-01 12:31|| Front Page Top

#6 They can "outlaw landmines" ...and then hours after the onset of war the nations that signed the treaty will start making them because of "National emergency"...
Still my favorite phrase in this hypocritical vein was the US Army grandly announcing that "No, no, NO! We use 'mechanical ambushes' and never use nasty things like 'booby traps'!!"

Posted by magpie 2018-10-01 14:31|| 2018-10-01 14:31|| Front Page Top

#7 Yes one could go nuts and bash people around and perhaps kill a lot of people with its hands and metal body

That's why you should have robot insurance from Old Glory.

Posted by SteveS 2018-10-01 14:47|| 2018-10-01 14:47|| Front Page Top

#8 Should we outlaw these also?

Yes.

Posted by Skidmark 2018-10-01 15:52|| 2018-10-01 15:52|| Front Page Top

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