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Packs of Robots Will Hunt Down Uncooperative Humans
Ostracus writes "The latest request from the Pentagon jars the senses. At least, it did mine. They are looking for contractors to 'develop a software/hardware suite that would enable a multi-robot team, together with a human operator, to search for and detect a non-cooperative human subject. The main research task will involve determining the movements of the robot team through the environment to maximize the opportunity to find the subject ... Typical robots for this type of activity are expected to weigh less than 100 Kg and the team would have three to five robots.'"
To be fair, they plan to use the Multi-Robot Pursuit System for less nefarious-sounding purposes as well. They note that the robots would "have potential commercialization within search and rescue, fire fighting, reconnaissance, and automated biological, chemical and radiation sensing with mobile platforms."
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Laters Sol "Have you found the secrets of the universe? Asked Zebade "I'm sure I left them here somewhere"
I, for one, Welcome our new Robotic Overlords.
Come with me if you want to live.
I am the unwilling control for my Origin.
.... can I just shoot them if they try to hunt me down? What about a nice EMP blast? And will they be armed? Or will they behave more like searchers from the Chronicles of Riddick?
I'm really not sure if I'm looking forward to that. Either they won't be armed, and they'll be easily disabled, or they will be, and then.... Meh.
The fun thing about EMP blasts are that, you know, the easiest way to make them is by detonating a nuclear weapon in the air. If you consider that "easily disabled", remind me to not get on your shitlist :)
On the way home I need:
- toothpaste
- beer
- cereal
- aluminum foil (for tin hat)
Once home:
- google "conspiracy theories"
- google "howto electromagnetic pulse"
- google "group robot porn"
greed@All_Evils:~#
Oh, right. Could they manage to fuel the robots off of metabolized human flesh? Oh, and make their heads look like skulls.
Kwisatz Haderach
Sell the spice to CHOAM
This Mahdi took Shaddam's Throne
...EX-TER-MI-NATE!!!
Paleotechnologist and connoisseur of pretty shiny things.
But what if I comply? I was told I had ten seconds to comply!
I would never use a gun to shoot an animal or human for any reason.
But a robot-- there is no hesitation if it came to that. Indeed, one good potshot at an Intel robot deserves a full clip. AMD, I'm not so sure.
---- Teach Peace. It's Cheaper Than War.
I also purchased a second weapon, realizing the limitations of the one I had when it came to home defense.
Yeah, man. When those wild boars start coming down the chimney you gotta be ready.
Breakfast served all day!
Insightful? Insightful? I was being flippant. :-P
This is why I should never be a manager (or, by extension, evil overlord). I'll make some typically wise-ass remark ("Gee, why don't you just go drop a few random tables from the customer database?"), only to have one of my minions dutifully carry this out.
> It may be that the purpose for biological intelligence is to create machine intelligence.
On what evidence do you base this statement? Please convince me, I'd love to have a purpose.