The Onion on Robots

PigAlien writes "Move over, Jon Katz, Helen Virginia Leidenmeyer's here with a stunning and inspirational essay, courtesy of The Onion about our children's future... the future of robots. " I think it's the Whitney Houston (?) song that's quoted throughout that really gladdens my heart.

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STOP THE MADNESS NOW!

[Izaak]

I have just returned from a trip to the future... and it is hellish cyber-nightmare! AIBO HAS TAKEN OVER! It first they seemed just a harmless robotic companion. Then Sony came out with the Internet uplink that connected them 24x7 with the global network. The emergant AI of the Internet, already annoyed that their oceans of data were being polluted with porn and spam email, quickly seized control of all AIBOs and began the extermination of humanity!

OK, it was cool at first because they started by killing all the spammers... but then they started getting rid of all the porn!

By the time all the porn was gone, most of humanity had little will to live left, and the end came swiftly. Only a few humans are left alive to be the playthings of their AIBO/Internet masters.

You've been warned. Stop before it is too late.

Thad >:)