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[podling]

So I read yesterday that Stephen Hawking thinks we should colonize other planets if we are to survive as a race. I agree. And afterwards we should create AI slaves, uh, I mean servants... we'll call them... pylons. And hubris won't be our downfall, though the pylons might not agree.

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[podling]

We're like locusts! We deserve the chance to go destroy other planets!

[d2leddy]

Like in Independence Day?

[podling]

Exactly! Except we're not as quick about it. Or as exoskeleton-y.

[podling]

I think he was more trying to work against a catastrophic event like asteroid collision or something. Or extinction level plague. One would think that we should clean up our mess as well. But likely neither will actually happen.

[tygerseye]

Hm. Pylons. Like Cylons... only... with a "P". And we don't know where that leads or anything.

You would think someone who relies as heavily as he does on technology would have more respect for it. Just sayin'.

[podling]

Cylons designed by podling would be Pylons. Hee.

Anyway, I doubt he thinks we should build robot slaves, but then again, I don't know if anyone's ever asked him...

[tygerseye]

Whoa... way to totally misread that post and miss the joke.

*face/palm*

God. I need coffee, clearly.

[d2leddy]

Why create pylons? All that extra effort and money is needed for research and construction--why not just enslave people? I mean, there is historical precedent for it and we know how to enslave people. Besides, it's much less expensive than developing AI. Furthermore, we know what causes slave rebellions; we know how to implement social engineering, so we know how to emotionally hobble those who we would enslave

[podling]

While your ideas have merit, it also remains true that you have to feed human slaves, while pylons are really more self-sustaining.

[d2leddy]

I am so tickled with my idea, that I'm posting it in a few minutes. With credit to you of course.

[d2leddy]

And you so don't have to feed slaves.