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Pluvious

(5,452 posts) Mon Feb 12, 2018, 10:12 PM Feb 2018

Okay - this is just getting a little creepy here...

I wouldn't want 20 of these chasing me through a forest someday !

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Okay - this is just getting a little creepy here... (Original Post) Pluvious Feb 2018 OP

Yeah, it's creepy, and I say that as a technologist for most of my life. n/t RKP5637 Feb 2018 #1

AI will be a good thing. One day even the President will be a Computer tomhagen Feb 2018 #2

Good, and then we can replace faulty IC's and also rewrite out programming bugs! n/t RKP5637 Feb 2018 #3

Sorry! Watson has already been promised those jobs. democratisphere Feb 2018 #10

... RKP5637 Feb 2018 #17

actually, he really does act like a poorly written computer program. unblock Feb 2018 #4

It's been tried. Didn't end so well... FailureToCommunicate Feb 2018 #19

I just hope it's not the Ryanbot. eppur_se_muova Feb 2018 #20

Skynet 101 - Stop it before it becomes activated packman Feb 2018 #5

On Netflix Cirque du So-What Feb 2018 #6

Sci-fi horror movie preview? tclambert Feb 2018 #7

WE ARE SOOOOO SCREWED!!!! BadGimp Feb 2018 #8

Ok.... vercetti2021 Feb 2018 #9

Modern day posse comin' to get ya! democratisphere Feb 2018 #11

They're getting a lot smoother and compacter. NBachers Feb 2018 #12

I've seen that episode of Black Mirror, and... DangerousRhythm Feb 2018 #13

Remember K9 Dr Who. Here Pooch. TheMastersNemesis Feb 2018 #14

The worst thing a robot could ever do? Put ketchup on a hot dog! FrodosNewPet Feb 2018 #15

I'm so glad I'm old. zanana1 Feb 2018 #16

If I had designed them, I would have them leave a transistor turd or two on the ground behind FailureToCommunicate Feb 2018 #18

RKP5637

(67,112 posts)

1. Yeah, it's creepy, and I say that as a technologist for most of my life. n/t

Reply to Pluvious (Original post)

Mon Feb 12, 2018, 10:19 PM

Feb 2018

tomhagen

(3,604 posts)

2. AI will be a good thing. One day even the President will be a Computer

Reply to Pluvious (Original post)

Mon Feb 12, 2018, 10:25 PM

Feb 2018

RKP5637

(67,112 posts)

3. Good, and then we can replace faulty IC's and also rewrite out programming bugs! n/t

Reply to tomhagen (Reply #2)

Mon Feb 12, 2018, 10:28 PM

Feb 2018

democratisphere

(17,235 posts)

10. Sorry! Watson has already been promised those jobs.

Reply to RKP5637 (Reply #3)

Tue Feb 13, 2018, 12:58 AM

Feb 2018

RKP5637

(67,112 posts)

17. ...

Reply to democratisphere (Reply #10)

Tue Feb 13, 2018, 09:48 AM

Feb 2018

unblock

(56,262 posts)

4. actually, he really does act like a poorly written computer program.

Reply to tomhagen (Reply #2)

Mon Feb 12, 2018, 11:01 PM

Feb 2018

certain features simply haven't been added yet (tact, vocabulary upgrade, empathy, democracy, etc.)
and many features that have been added are buggy (can't stay on topic, repeats words, occasionally crashes mid-interview and restarts with the boot-up insult routine, etc.)

seriously, as a former programmer, he really does look an awful lot like a buggy program that attempts to act like a human.

FailureToCommunicate

(14,620 posts)

19. It's been tried. Didn't end so well...

Reply to tomhagen (Reply #2)

Tue Feb 13, 2018, 10:37 AM

Feb 2018

eppur_se_muova

(42,518 posts)

20. I just hope it's not the Ryanbot.

Reply to tomhagen (Reply #2)

Tue Feb 13, 2018, 02:18 PM

Feb 2018

That thing seems cold and soulless, even for a machine.

packman

(16,296 posts)

5. Skynet 101 - Stop it before it becomes activated

Reply to Pluvious (Original post)

Mon Feb 12, 2018, 11:11 PM

Feb 2018

John Conners, where are you???

Cirque du So-What

(29,885 posts)

6. On Netflix

Reply to Pluvious (Original post)

Mon Feb 12, 2018, 11:15 PM

Feb 2018

the series Black Mirror has an episode with a similar scenario to the one you mention.

tclambert

(11,194 posts)

7. Sci-fi horror movie preview?

Reply to Pluvious (Original post)

Tue Feb 13, 2018, 12:03 AM

Feb 2018

Where's Alice from Resident Evil when we need her?

BadGimp

(4,109 posts)

8. WE ARE SOOOOO SCREWED!!!!

Reply to Pluvious (Original post)

Tue Feb 13, 2018, 12:06 AM

Feb 2018

vercetti2021

(10,481 posts)

9. Ok....

Reply to Pluvious (Original post)

Tue Feb 13, 2018, 12:10 AM

Feb 2018

Find Sarah Connor now and protect her

democratisphere

(17,235 posts)

11. Modern day posse comin' to get ya!

Reply to Pluvious (Original post)

Tue Feb 13, 2018, 01:09 AM

Feb 2018

NBachers

(19,572 posts)

12. They're getting a lot smoother and compacter.

Reply to Pluvious (Original post)

Tue Feb 13, 2018, 01:20 AM

Feb 2018

DangerousRhythm

(2,916 posts)

13. I've seen that episode of Black Mirror, and...

Reply to Pluvious (Original post)

Tue Feb 13, 2018, 02:24 AM

Feb 2018

...no thanks.

TheMastersNemesis

(10,602 posts)

14. Remember K9 Dr Who. Here Pooch.

Reply to Pluvious (Original post)

Tue Feb 13, 2018, 02:57 AM

Feb 2018

FrodosNewPet

(495 posts)

15. The worst thing a robot could ever do? Put ketchup on a hot dog!

Reply to Pluvious (Original post)

Tue Feb 13, 2018, 07:40 AM

Feb 2018

The horror of it all!

zanana1

(6,530 posts)

16. I'm so glad I'm old.

Reply to Pluvious (Original post)

Tue Feb 13, 2018, 09:06 AM

Feb 2018

I won't have to live in robot world.

FailureToCommunicate

(14,620 posts)

18. If I had designed them, I would have them leave a transistor turd or two on the ground behind

Reply to Pluvious (Original post)

Tue Feb 13, 2018, 10:27 AM

Feb 2018

them.

But that's just me.

Creepy indeed: robots helping robots. What a world, what a world.

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