Cylons may be real...

Discussion in 'Miscellaneous' started by Sector 7, Mar 8, 2011.

  1. Sector 7

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    Cylons being created in laboratory... more realistic than we thought.

    Perhaps "I... welcome our new computer overlords," is more than just a Ken Jennings throwaway line.:borg:

    Thoughts and opinions?
     
  2. ManOnTheWave

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    From now on, I'm shooting people who hang their jacket on their shoulders rather than wearing it. It's the only way to be sure.
     
  3. ares93

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    I hereby second that.
     
  4. Sector 7

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    ^
    ^^Good point!
     
  5. Nerys Ghemor

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    Geminoid? The Cylons came from Caprica, not Gemenon...

    But in all seriousness...I'm a little creeped-out. People really should take warning from some of the scenarios that sci-fi authors have thought up. Robots should not be given TOO much intelligence, or connectivity amongst themselves, or too few mechanisms by which we can enforce our control over them. THIS model doesn't seem to be an issue, but where it leads could be dangerous.
     
  6. ares93

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    As long as there is a power switch they cant reach themselves, I'm good.

    On the other hand. You know when you try to put a dics in your optical drive and it pulls the tray back? And then you have to physically struggle with your computer in order to get the disc in? Thats when I get a terrible feeling of impending doom. Its like watching the prequels to Terminator.
     
  7. Holdfast

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    Is it just me, or does the Geminoid look remarkably like Emilio Estevez?

    Charlie Sheen's plan for world domination begins to take shape...
     
  8. Nerys Ghemor

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    Just because they can't reach it doesn't mean they'll let us reach it...
     
  9. Sector 7

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    I had not thought about that one. I understand why they used a beard (less skin and muscle to actually simulate), but most people have a distrust of people with large beards... psychologically it means they have something they are hiding (DUH!).
     
  10. Maestro

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    Aren't they sending one to the International Space Station... a female-esque one? With part of her mission to provide "companionship" for the astronauts? And isn't she rumored to be fully functional and programed with multiple techniques?
     
  11. ares93

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    In that case, I can tell you that I have yet to come across any type of technology that survived the wrath of my .45 Colt.

    I always plan ahead. :techman:
     
  12. Subcommander R.

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    *Sigh*

    Cylons are supposed to be metal, clunky, have a giant red eye that moves back and forth, and must say 'By your command' or 'extermination!'
     
  13. Nerys Ghemor

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    Um...no.

    See:
    skin job
    Dalek (I don't even watch Doctor Who and I know that)
     
  14. Subcommander R.

    Subcommander R. Commodore Commodore

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    Yes. And Starbuck is a man, played by Dirk Benedict who smokes cigars and is awesome. And there's a kid with a crappy haircut and an annoying robodog. And that fat pilot is called Jolly.

    See my point a bit better now? :rommie:

    :shifty:

    All right. Now where's the wave of overwhelming criticism undoubtedly looming on the horizon?
     
  15. Myasishchev

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    Now, there's no reason to fight: both Battlestar Galacticas are terrible.

    All of the above could apply equally as well to babies. Once complete, they look just like us, and they have their own agendas. :shifty:
     
  16. Subcommander R.

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    :rofl:

    Very true sir. But at least the original has a certain campy quality thats fun, like the A-Team.
     
  17. Brent

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    They may be able to make robots look like humans and whatnot, but the software/AI is no where near on the level that we have to worry about anything. We have a ways to go on the software side of things before the AI becomes "self aware"