It's kind of strange, really, how we can see just
how near the end is, yet these so-called geniuses employed within the realm of
academia are totally oblivious to their own evil deeds. Take cognitive science professor John Long, for instance, who is currently conducting a Preyro robot experiment in a Vassar College lab that intends to "allow robots to mimic animals far better than before." To him, he's just hoping to study evolutionary patterns in order to better understand how certain tweaks to things like fins and tails affect performance in the place we call reality. Though, there's a very real possibility that this research could accelerate the impending robot apocalypse by at least a score. Oh, what we'd give to be incognizant of
the truth.
posted Jun 1st 2009 6:42AM
Really, Preyro? Could they have found a name more wrought with connotations? We'll be the thing's prey. We'll pray for our lives when it catches us. We'll pray to it once it's enslaved us. I wouldn't have kids if I were you.
I'm with you, no good is going to come from creating smart Robots, Nanotech, and Cloning. "Luckily" we'll probably all be dead by the time any of this reaches chaos theory stage. Don't know why these people insist on pursuing this technology don't they read or watch movies? Probably not, too busy creating the future.
If humans create robots that can think and reason, they should be able to in turn, create even better robots and technology since they have the ability to instantly design and virtualy test theories.
I can't wait !
They also have the ability to kill us in a more excruciating manner; let's hope the scientists behind these developments hardcode the 3 rules deep into their genetics!
Movies are not real. Strong AI will be humanity's greatest accomplishment and catapult our civilization forward like we cannot imagine.
Skynet's sea coverage. Check
It's not even funny now, you know :-/
Nice! I just graduated from Vassar two weeks ago. I never took a course with John Long but I did take a number of courses in the cog sci department (having avoided a cog sci major in order to avoid one course that he happened to teach) but I'm glad he's in the news!
My only memory of Vassar was the time their women's 8 ran their shell right into the pedestrian bridge at the Head of the Charles. Hope this device does not meet the same fate...
Wow. This joke is running lame now.
yay. my alma mater
"if you can hear this, you are the resistance"
It's not going to go the Terminator route, people... it's going to be high tech Piracy..
That's right, I'm on to you Mr. Long John.. *wink and the gun*
"Accelerate the impending robot apocalypse by at least a score." A score of what? Roombas? Picoseconds? T600s?
I, for one, welcome our poorly-named, swimming, college-themed, electronic overlords.
I was in one of Dr. Long's classes this year. I'd say he's pretty aware of the dangers, both real and philisophical, of evolving robots into human eating tyrants. Were he to nuture such a robot, i'd say it would be a decent robot, even if it ate people, because I imagine the robot would pick up some of professor long's sense of humour and fairness. I may keep an emp bomb at hand while i'm at vassar, just in case :)