Nope. No thank you. I prefer the movie.

[CRA]

 

[Jay Roosevelt]

Damn that poo.

[Harbingers]

15 hours ago, CRA said:

 

We really need to stop trying to make Cylons. 

[Ja Rhule]

[Captroop]

37 minutes ago, Ja Rhule said:

Appropriate because I always think about "Measure of a Man" when I see videos like this.

I think making humanoid robots is incredibly creepy. I'm totally okay with the Boston Dynamics approach; making robots that look like machines and are designed to efficiently do a job that replaces human labor.

But when you make a robot that looks and acts human, well, there's no way around it; you're making a slave. You're creating a second class person who can do work you don't want to do. A person that is your property who you can command without them having the ability to refuse. The word "Robot" even comes from the Russian word for, "to work."

If we're doing this now, I think we should go ahead now and start developing the rights of non-human people. Because every SciFi story know we will have to do it anyway. So we might as well do it from the outset rather than after the robot revolution.

[CRA]

16 minutes ago, Captroop said:

Appropriate because I always think about "Measure of a Man" when I see videos like this.

I think making humanoid robots is incredibly creepy. I'm totally okay with the Boston Dynamics approach; making robots that look like machines and are designed to efficiently do a job that replaces human labor.

But when you make a robot that looks and acts human, well, there's no way around it; you're making a slave. You're creating a second class person who can do work you don't want to do. A person that is your property who you can command without them having the ability to refuse. The word "Robot" even comes from the Russian word for, "to work."

If we're doing this now, I think we should go ahead now and start developing the rights of non-human people. Because every SciFi story know we will have to do it anyway. So we might as well do it from the outset rather than after the robot revolution.

 I immediately thought of this movie when I saw that clip 

I mean that is what folks like this are ultimately working towards.  See if they can make a robot indistiguishable from a human...to a human. 

Doesn't seem like the best plan.   

[Harbingers]

[Ja Rhule]

3 hours ago, Captroop said:

The word "Robot" even comes from the Russian word for, "to work.”

It does not but sound pretty close 

Rabotat aka to work. Rab means slave in Russian.

[Happy Panther]

Quote

 it comes from an Old Church Slavonic word, rabota, which means servitude of forced labor. The word also has cognates in German, Russian, Polish and Czech. And it's really a product of Central European system of serfdom, where a tenants' rent was paid for in forced labor or service.

source - internets

[Ja Rhule]

13 minutes ago, Happy Panther said:

source - internets

Robot has nothing to do with Russian word work.  Robot in Russian is Robot.

But not to take away from his comment cause he’s spot on.

Edited December 4, 2021 by Ja Rhule

[Khyber53]

Do you want Terminators? Because this is how we get Terminators!

[Anybodyhome]

On 12/6/2021 at 11:29 AM, Khyber53 said:

Do you want Terminators? Because this is how we get Terminators!

I preferred Linda Hamilton back in the day...

[Paa Langfart]

Trippy I Robot

 

 

[d-dave]

Honestly, I think a lot of this stuff is going to go into sex robots. 

Jokes aside, we need to be careful in trying to recreate humanity.  I mean, besides all the sci-fi movies telling us what a bad idea that is, but what happens when our artificial friends decide we suck and need to die?  Skynet?

Now I am amazed at the possibilities that these articulated robots could do in exploration of space, deep oceans, and inhospitable environments.  Imagine being able to put them to work on a planet while humans control from a space ship above via VR or programed movements and AI detection and adaptability software.

This would be so cool!