Terabith Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 World's First Living Robots Can Now Reproduce, Scientists Say 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 Oh good! I was wondering when we would be here. I'll go check it off the list. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Tick Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 I'm flashing back to Michael Crichton's Prey, and Hugh Howey's Silo series. <Shudder> 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanaqui Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 I, for one, welcome our new robotic overlords. 2 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 9 minutes ago, Tanaqui said: I, for one, welcome our new robotic overlords. I guess they couldn't do a worse job. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faith-manor Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 "And so it begins." Off to check the "robot apocalypse" box on my world comes to an end bingo card which already contains all kinds of horrific crap. Cue the Terminator theme music. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faith-manor Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 1 minute ago, Slache said: I guess they couldn't do a worse job. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 or 😰😰😰😰😰😰 depending on your feeling at the moment! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausmumof3 Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 I preferred when science fiction was fiction 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drama Llama Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 Eww gross what did I just look at? You should have warned people there was a video of robots reproducing (shudder). It’s like robot porn! JK 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 Just now, Baseballandhockey said: Eww gross what did I just look at? You should have warned people there was a video of robots reproducing (shudder). It’s like robot porn! JK Brown chicken brown cow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiewindmomma Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 I find the most troubling aspect of this is that it was funded by DARPA. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarita Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 The bigger question is how do I figure out which robot vacuums to buy so they can successfully breed more robot vacuums. 😁 2 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eos Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 27 minutes ago, prairiewindmomma said: I find the most troubling aspect of this is that it was funded by DARPA. So we know what that means - they get to "breed" robots that self-replicate and will be used for warfare, and we get a way to reduce microplastics and maybe a cool new vacuum! Win-win! Until it isn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drama Llama Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 I think you should put a warning label: CRT! (Critical Robot Theory) I know this makes me feel bad because I can't spawn new humans just by going in circles. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faith-manor Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 1 minute ago, Baseballandhockey said: I think you should put a warning label: CRT! (Critical Robot Theory) I know this makes me feel bad because I can't spawn new humans just by going in circles. I would have had more kids if this is all it took! 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drama Llama Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 Just now, Faith-manor said: I would have had more kids if this is all it took! 😂 Can you imagine if chasing your toddler in circles led to more? It could get out of control very quickly. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 Quote Now the scientists that developed them at the University of Vermont, Tufts University and Harvard University's Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering said they have discovered an entirely new form of biological reproduction different from any animal or plant known to science. I had to read that a bunch of times to decide who the "they" was in that sentence - the scientists or the robots. Because if it was the robots, I was really freaking out. I know that's... I dunno... humanist? No, wait, that means something else. Anyway, I wanted it to be the humans who figured it out. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elfknitter.# Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 The first thing that came into my mind when I saw the short video was the Futurama episode about Popplars. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faith-manor Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 1 hour ago, Baseballandhockey said: Can you imagine if chasing your toddler in circles led to more? It could get out of control very quickly. YOU ARE NOT WRONG!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teaching3bears Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 Huh? I don’t understand any of this. This is all too much for me. Why are they calling this thing a robot? It’s pretty creepy too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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