One step closer to Skynet| Off-Topic Discussion forum |

rebelgtp UltraDork
10/9/12 12:23 p.m.

http://news.yahoo.com/french-u-scientists-win-nobel-prize-physics-095143962.html

Looks like they are a step closer to building a quantum "thinking" computer.

I for one welcome our new robot overlords...

*and I will stockpiling steel core ammo thank you very much.

4cylndrfury UltimaDork
10/9/12 12:35 p.m.

Its probably best for humanity that a french scientist is involved. Nothing french made will ever be assertive enough to overtake humankind - if a french made intelligent terminator ever tries to kill you, all you have to do is yell loudly at it and make a mean face, and it will turn and run.

GameboyRMH PowerDork
10/9/12 1:17 p.m.

No seriously this is not a step closer to Skynet, just a faster computer which brings us closer to Crysis 3

If you mentioned some new automated warfare stuff then you'd have the right thread title, but really the Russians have had an autonomous nuclear retaliation system for decades, so the only thing Skynet is missing is the will to kill all humans.

SyntheticBlinkerFluid UltraDork
10/9/12 1:19 p.m.

Skynet was supposed to fall in 1997. It was destroyed in 1991.

Too late.

rebelgtp UltraDork
10/9/12 1:26 p.m.

In reply to GameboyRMH:

Well there is this article http://washington.cbslocal.com/2012/10/01/professor-drones-will-soon-be-able-to-kill-during-war-without-human-assistance/

They are making it so drones can make attacks on their own... "Arkin added that robotic weapons should be designed as “ethical” warriors and that these type of robots could wage war in a more “humane” way."

GameboyRMH PowerDork
10/9/12 1:52 p.m.

I remembered seeing an article with something like that but couldn't find it, that was it.

Giant Purple Snorklewacker MegaDork
10/9/12 2:13 p.m.

rebelgtp wrote: In reply to GameboyRMH: Well there is this article http://washington.cbslocal.com/2012/10/01/professor-drones-will-soon-be-able-to-kill-during-war-without-human-assistance/ They are making it so drones can make attacks on their own... "Arkin added that robotic weapons should be designed as “ethical” warriors and that these type of robots could wage war in a more “humane” way."

That seems like a great idea! Now if only there was some way these automated killing machines could replicate themselves without human intervention...

4cylndrfury UltimaDork
10/9/12 2:20 p.m.

Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote:
rebelgtp wrote: In reply to GameboyRMH: Well there is this article http://washington.cbslocal.com/2012/10/01/professor-drones-will-soon-be-able-to-kill-during-war-without-human-assistance/ They are making it so drones can make attacks on their own... "Arkin added that robotic weapons should be designed as “ethical” warriors and that these type of robots could wage war in a more “humane” way."
That seems like a great idea! Now if only there was some way these automated killing machines could replicate themselves without human intervention...

Makerbots can replicate themselves

GameboyRMH PowerDork
10/9/12 3:22 p.m.

Not really, they make the frame panels for new Makerbots. A lot of 3D printers are partially-self-replicating that way.

JoeyM UltimaDork
10/9/12 3:44 p.m.

GameboyRMH wrote: Not really, they make the frame panels for new Makerbots. A lot of 3D printers are partially-self-replicating that way.

Yup. That's a far cry from making their own metal tracks, their own circut boards, etc.

N Sperlo PowerDork
10/9/12 4:53 p.m.

SyntheticBlinkerFluid wrote: Skynet was supposed to fall in 1997. It was destroyed in 1991. Too late.

Yes, and we're still running DOS.

Will Dork
10/9/12 9:33 p.m.

SyntheticBlinkerFluid wrote: Skynet was supposed to fall in 1997. It was destroyed in 1991. Too late.

Merely delayed the inevitable. Skynet will still happen.

No fate but what we make.

Appleseed PowerDork
10/10/12 12:02 a.m.

SyntheticBlinkerFluid wrote: Skynet was supposed to fall in 1997. It was destroyed in 1991. Too late.

Looks like you didn't (thankfully) see T3 and T4.

turboswede PowerDork
10/10/12 9:18 a.m.

I thought this was appropriate:

http://vimeo.com/34356159

Heh.

yamaha Dork
10/10/12 10:32 a.m.

4cylndrfury wrote: Its probably best for humanity that a french scientist is involved. Nothing french made will ever be assertive enough to overtake humankind - if a french made intelligent terminator ever tries to kill you, all you have to do is yell loudly at it and make a mean face, and it will turn and run.

Conversely, you could also bribe it with cigarettes, freshly baked bread, cheese, and wine......it should be tired at that point and want a nap.

SyntheticBlinkerFluid UltraDork
10/10/12 5:48 p.m.

Appleseed wrote:
SyntheticBlinkerFluid wrote: Skynet was supposed to fall in 1997. It was destroyed in 1991. Too late.
Looks like you didn't (thankfully) see T3 and T4.

I've seen them all, but how could you really follow anything after the awesomeness of Terminator 2?

DirtyBird222 SuperDork
10/10/12 5:53 p.m.

Meh, I'll just carry around a mobile degauser or emp blasting machine and I'll be fine. I'd be more worried about a zombie apocalypse or idiocracy happening before skynet.

1988RedT2 UltraDork
10/10/12 6:35 p.m.

DirtyBird222 wrote: I'd be more worried about a zombie apocalypse or idiocracy happening before skynet.

Dude, that idio thing, like man, it's here!

DirtyBird222 SuperDork
10/10/12 6:58 p.m.

Oh I know. Yea technology is awesome but I believe it's also a leading culprit in idocracy. South Park took a good stab at it with last weeks episode and how low people have sunk that they are obsessed with some of the garbage they air on channels like TLC.

I'm just waiting for some idiot to actually make a statement that plants need electrolytes

rebelgtp UltraDork
10/10/12 7:55 p.m.

turboswede wrote: I thought this was appropriate: http://vimeo.com/34356159 Heh.

If there ever is a Skynet it will be created by someone like Sheldon.

Will Dork
10/10/12 8:33 p.m.

SyntheticBlinkerFluid wrote:
Appleseed wrote:
SyntheticBlinkerFluid wrote: Skynet was supposed to fall in 1997. It was destroyed in 1991. Too late.
Looks like you didn't (thankfully) see T3 and T4.
I've seen them all, but how could you really follow anything after the awesomeness of Terminator 2?

You mean the one where they forgot about Arnold's missing arm?

Remember how much of T2 is about the quest to destroy all remnants of the original terminator? That was a good idea. And the good Arnold terminator knows that he has to destroy his own chip, so John Connor lowers him into the molten steel.

But they forgot to get Arnold's arm...the one that got ripped off fighting the T-1000. Meaning they blew up Cyberdyne pretty much for no good reason.

So yeah. Skynet would still get built.

rebelgtp UltraDork
10/10/12 10:06 p.m.

Now if the robots are smart they will make all of the terminators look like this and men would be doomed...

novaderrik UltraDork
10/11/12 3:09 a.m.

Will wrote:
SyntheticBlinkerFluid wrote:
Appleseed wrote:
SyntheticBlinkerFluid wrote: Skynet was supposed to fall in 1997. It was destroyed in 1991. Too late.
Looks like you didn't (thankfully) see T3 and T4.
I've seen them all, but how could you really follow anything after the awesomeness of Terminator 2?
You mean the one where they forgot about Arnold's missing arm? Remember how much of T2 is about the quest to destroy all remnants of the original terminator? That was a good idea. And the good Arnold terminator knows that he has to destroy his own chip, so John Connor lowers him into the molten steel. But they forgot to get Arnold's arm...the one that got ripped off fighting the T-1000. Meaning they blew up Cyberdyne pretty much for no good reason. So yeah. Skynet would still get built.

you read Cracked, don't you?

DirtyBird222 SuperDork
10/11/12 6:07 a.m.

The problem with people like Sheldon is that they have a hard time comprehending how a large mass of stupid people is the most dangerous thing in the universe.