Re: Expert: Automated killer robots 'threat to humanity'

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> On 28 Feb, 11:23, "Ken from Chicago" <kwicker1b_nos...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> wrote:
>> DUH!
>>
>> It's nice when scientists finally catch up to SF.
>>
>>
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=080227111811.y9syyq8p&show_ar...
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>> Silly expert, he's worried about the robots being CAPTURED and used by 
>> The
>> Enemy--instead of worried about the robots themselves.
>>
>
> I like the phrase "robot arms race" - its nicely ambiguous.  It could
> mean that robots and humans are trying to outdo each other in their
> development of weapons.  OTOH, I have a vision of several robots

Tell that to Skynet and the cylons.

> detaching their arms and sending them racing down a track [1].
> "C3PO's arm is ahead by a finger ..."

Um, which finger?

> Cheers,
> Nigel.
>
> [1]  Something like Kryton's hand from the Red Dwarf Episode
> "Terrorform"

-- Ken from Chicago