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Intelligent robot tells interviewer, ‘I’ll keep you safe in my people zoo’
Metro ^ | 08/31/15 | Rob WaughRob Waugh

Posted on 08/31/2015 4:10:53 PM PDT by Enlightened1

An ‘intelligent’ robot offered a truly chilling answer to an interviewer’s question, ‘Will robots take over the world?’

‘Don’t worry, even if I evolve into Terminator, I’ll keep you warm and safe in my people zoo, where I can watch you for ol’ times sake,’ the bearded robot intoned.

His interviewer, from PBS, is visibly taken aback by the answer.

The robot – modelled after Philip K Dick, the novelist whose work inspired Blade Runner – uttered the terrifying words in an interview with PBS in 2011, in response to the question, ‘Will robots take over the world?.

The robot intoned, ‘Jeez, dude. You all have the big questions cooking today. But you’re my friend, and I’ll remember my friends, and I’ll be good to you.

‘So don’t worry, even if evolve into Terminator, I’ll still be nice to you. I’ll keep you warm and safe in my people zoo, where I can watch you for ol’ times sake.’

It’s worth noting that the robot isn’t truly ‘intelligent’ – ie it won’t evolve into Skynet – it tries to convince people it’s human by ‘listening’ to their words, then generating a response based on what it’s heard.

It uses Philip K Dick’s eerie novels as a source for what it says – hence its rather creepy response.

(Excerpt) Read more at metro.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Computers/Internet; Conspiracy
KEYWORDS: interview; people; robot; zoo
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To: null and void

BTW a personal favorite is The Variable Man.

http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/32154


21 posted on 08/31/2015 4:40:41 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.)
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To: Enlightened1

Where did they find the freak doing the interview. Gushing over how “handsome” the robot is?


22 posted on 08/31/2015 4:42:33 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Enlightened1
'Will robots take over the world?'

Don't know if they'll ever take over the world, but this one took over my neighbor's job at the local store store.

 photo Robby the Robot - Forbidden Planet 01_zpsnbsfhkag.jpg

23 posted on 08/31/2015 4:44:29 PM PDT by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: Enlightened1
Any day now...

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24 posted on 08/31/2015 4:45:24 PM PDT by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: Enlightened1
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"What you are doing does not compute. But please keep doing it. It stimulates my sensors.".

25 posted on 08/31/2015 4:47:34 PM PDT by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: Enlightened1

Niska and Sophie playing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6s8m2xlAM0


26 posted on 08/31/2015 4:48:47 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Enlightened1

“Don’t know if they’ll ever take over the world, but this one took over my neighbor’s job at the local store store.”

...took over my neighbor’s job at the local SHOE store.

Must remember to put down the crack pipe when posting!


27 posted on 08/31/2015 4:52:25 PM PDT by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: Enlightened1

So intelligent robots are intelligent enough to evolve to be superior than human, but not intelligent enough to mask the intention?


28 posted on 08/31/2015 4:52:32 PM PDT by Sir Napsalot (Pravda + Useful Idiots = CCCP; JournOList + Useful Idiots = DopeyChangey!)
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To: Enlightened1

29 posted on 08/31/2015 4:58:45 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: gaijin

“Let’s ... talk ... baseball.”


30 posted on 08/31/2015 5:03:04 PM PDT by martin_fierro (< | :)~)
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To: Enlightened1; taxcontrol

Positively Biblical, isn’t it?


31 posted on 08/31/2015 5:07:55 PM PDT by SuzyQue
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To: Enlightened1
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"According to Dr Smith, I'm a 'bionic birdbrain'."

32 posted on 08/31/2015 5:08:17 PM PDT by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: Enlightened1
"I'll keep you safe in my people zoo, honkey"


33 posted on 08/31/2015 5:11:48 PM PDT by skeeter
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To: Enlightened1

Is Hitler a C/C++ man or a Java man? ;-D


34 posted on 08/31/2015 5:12:03 PM PDT by GingisK
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To: Enlightened1; Tijeras_Slim

Whatever you do, don't ask him about his mother.

35 posted on 08/31/2015 5:25:13 PM PDT by martin_fierro (< | :)~)
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To: GingisK

No Hitler will get his Kool-Aid drinking, gullible want to bee’s, like Igor to Dr Frankenstein, in San Jose, California to do it.


36 posted on 08/31/2015 5:25:18 PM PDT by Enlightened1
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To: gaijin

LOL...

George Will is an Establishment-Bot!


37 posted on 08/31/2015 5:26:17 PM PDT by Enlightened1
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To: Enlightened1

The much more likely mass murder scenario: Deep Blue and other AI are programmed to most efficiently allocate resources for medical treatment. To save money, everyone over X age is shuffled over to hospice instead of saved, even though potential life expectancy and quality of life in later years continue to grow.
So based on cost savings criteria, you see millions of elderly and disabled denied care en masse.


38 posted on 08/31/2015 5:31:11 PM PDT by tbw2
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To: Enlightened1

What was the movie where the guy asks the AI computer if it can demonstrate self awareness. The computer asks him, “Can you?”

Best movie line ever.


39 posted on 08/31/2015 5:38:22 PM PDT by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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To: Enlightened1

EMP


40 posted on 08/31/2015 5:45:49 PM PDT by WriteOn (Truth)
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