My Friend Dug is Awesome
This is an actual GChat conversation that I had with my friend Dug* yesterday.
me: Unrelatedly: In 2006, the British government released a report entitled "Robo-Rights," which detailed possible scenarios in which robots/computers/machines may become self-aware, and lists things the government would have to provide for them, such as housing, health care, and the right to vote.
Dug: to avoid a BSG/Terminator situation?
me: That's what I'm guessing. Also, it addresses certain legal gray areas, such as who to hold responsible if a military "robot" kills a civilian.
Dug: it's the robot-dinosaur alliance we really need to worry about. you box the model!
me: Moreso, it's the cybernetic dinosaur developments that get scary. Particularly if/when zombies get ahold of them. Imagine the terror that would be unleashed at the hands of a cybernetic dinosaur who is ALSO A ZOMBIE
Dug: that would be scary. see, here's the scenario i see:
Dug: after the rise of the robot-dinosaur alliance, our only option will be to use time travel to recruit a cowboy (billy the kid), a pirate (blackbeard), a viking (eric the red) and sun tzu - history's greatest ninja
Dug: of course, once the robot-dinosaur alliance develops their own time travel technology, they'll strike back by introducing dracula into the fray
Dug: and the only way to defeat dracula will be to fetch george washington from the timestream
Dug: so that he can fricking BITE DRACULA'S HEART OUT WITH HIS WOODEN TEETH
me: That is the best idea anybody has ever had, PERIOD.
Dug: i know
*Dug and I have been friends since high school, and ever since then, we've been casually collaborating on sketch comedy, absurdist humor pieces, and the occasional wacky screenplay. He is much, much better at this than I or anybody else, which is why it should come as no surprise that he is now a thrice-published playwrite and aspiring novelist. I have no doubt that when his long-awaited book series hits the market, he will fulfill his dream of usurping J.K. Rowling as the new "Queen of Children's Fantasy Literature."
me: Unrelatedly: In 2006, the British government released a report entitled "Robo-Rights," which detailed possible scenarios in which robots/computers/machines may become self-aware, and lists things the government would have to provide for them, such as housing, health care, and the right to vote.
Dug: to avoid a BSG/Terminator situation?
me: That's what I'm guessing. Also, it addresses certain legal gray areas, such as who to hold responsible if a military "robot" kills a civilian.
Dug: it's the robot-dinosaur alliance we really need to worry about. you box the model!
me: Moreso, it's the cybernetic dinosaur developments that get scary. Particularly if/when zombies get ahold of them. Imagine the terror that would be unleashed at the hands of a cybernetic dinosaur who is ALSO A ZOMBIE
Dug: that would be scary. see, here's the scenario i see:
Dug: after the rise of the robot-dinosaur alliance, our only option will be to use time travel to recruit a cowboy (billy the kid), a pirate (blackbeard), a viking (eric the red) and sun tzu - history's greatest ninja
Dug: of course, once the robot-dinosaur alliance develops their own time travel technology, they'll strike back by introducing dracula into the fray
Dug: and the only way to defeat dracula will be to fetch george washington from the timestream
Dug: so that he can fricking BITE DRACULA'S HEART OUT WITH HIS WOODEN TEETH
me: That is the best idea anybody has ever had, PERIOD.
Dug: i know
*Dug and I have been friends since high school, and ever since then, we've been casually collaborating on sketch comedy, absurdist humor pieces, and the occasional wacky screenplay. He is much, much better at this than I or anybody else, which is why it should come as no surprise that he is now a thrice-published playwrite and aspiring novelist. I have no doubt that when his long-awaited book series hits the market, he will fulfill his dream of usurping J.K. Rowling as the new "Queen of Children's Fantasy Literature."