Skynet

[SteamWake]

A bunch of little flying robots join together before taking off

More to it than that just read the story and see the video.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete...ervention.html

[Oberon]

Reminds me of the old UFO reports of small lights joining up into one bigger light. It's all happening with the rotors, isn't it?

[DarkFish]

wow, pretty amazing

I don't really see how this would somehow be related to skynet though

[SteamWake]

Originally Posted by DarkFish

wow, pretty amazing

I don't really see how this would somehow be related to skynet though

Skynet was the arch enemy in the Terminator series of movies. A self aware network of machines bent on the destruction of mankind.

[Arclight]

Skynet needs an altimeter.

[DarkFish]

Originally Posted by SteamWake

Skynet was the arch enemy in the Terminator series of movies. A self aware network of machines bent on the destruction of mankind.

yes I know but the "self-awareness" of this thing is nowhere even close to skynet

[Oberon]

Give it time though, the self-awareness factor is coming along quite nicely. Once that is down pat and the robots are taught to manufacture themselves, and you put all this together...then we're Skynet bound.

Personally though, I get more spooked by Nanites...that's where it's all going to go wrong. Grey goo

[DarkFish]

Originally Posted by Oberon

Give it time though, the self-awareness factor is coming along quite nicely. Once that is down pat and the robots are taught to manufacture themselves, and you put all this together...then we're Skynet bound.

Personally though, I get more spooked by Nanites...that's where it's all going to go wrong. Grey goo

we will never be Skynet bound.
Why on earth would a robot want to destroy mankind? How on earth could he?
To be honest, no robot now or in the near future could be called really self aware. They are nothing more than beautifully programmed machines. Machines that do what they are programmed to do, and nothing more.

But let's assume for the moment that sometime in the far future someone makes a self-aware and highly intelligent robot. What reason is there to assume it'll want to kill humans?
If you'd make a robot with the capability, "brains" and necessary programming to kill people, it'd be irresponsible not to include any moral values. (can be as simple as "don't kill humans", or in the case of a battle robot "don't kill any allied or neutral humans")


Terminator is just a fairytale. A nice one at that - but a fairytale nonetheless.

[Dowly]

The mini flying robot drones that join forces before takeoff - all without human help

Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't programming them to do that fall under 'human help'? Impressive, tho.