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Long-Running Underwater Robot Lost At Sea
this_boat_is_real writes "Somewhere off the coast of Chile a pioneering underwater robot named Abe lies in a watery grave today. The Autonomous Benthic Explorer was one of the first truly independent research submersibles, being both unmanned and un-tethered to its launching ship. While on its 222nd research dive on Friday all contact with the craft was lost, the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution has announced."
I think we are well and truly fucked.
what? no skynet tag?
bet the robot became self-aware and decided "to hell with this....I'm making a break for it!"
Now, it's probably in league with those sharks with laser beams.
Who'd have thunk it would be an unmanned submersible that would first become self-aware?
/Oh, please let it be nuclear powered.
Abe is now sleeping with the fishes.
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Interesting info. I appreciate it.
Why be such a dick about how you share it though?
"Prefiero morir de pie que vivir siempre arrodillado!"
...Charles Widmore must have been monitoring ABE when it somehow found the Island. I expect we'll see a fake press release showing ABE's resting place any time now.
I'm honest enough to admit I lie to myself.
Isn't this the episode where Gilligan finds a mysterious robot in the water and the professor tries to use it to communicate to the outside world, and the skipper hits Gilligan in the head with his hat?
Activate tearducts and proceed with robot mourning routine!
I spend most of my time in bed, darling.
and thanks for all the fish!