Robot Future

[blue_aardvark]

Robot soldiers will be here in another ten years!  Cool and frightening: http://youtu.be/zkBnFPBV3f0?t=45s"The hope is that Atlas is the first step towards the day when robots, not humans, will be sent to help mitigate major catastrophes, such as the Fukushima nuclear accident."  [But the research is being funded by DARPA, the Defense Advanced

Comments

[newmistakes]

Oh you DARPA doubter!

I'm going to start building an underground bunker for the war between robots and humans that will inevitably follow.

[blue_aardvark]

I can't believe how fast the future is coming--I think the next 30 years will determine whether mankind creates a brave new Eden, or a Hell on Earth.

[newmistakes]

I love that you're optimistic enough to entertain the idea that mankind might create a brave new Eden :P

[earthlingmike]

I'm rooting for the robots.

[m_is_4_awesome]

Have we learned nothing from Battlestar Galactica and Caprica? *eye roll*

[blue_aardvark]

I know, right. This can't end well. ;)