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Angst Over Arming Robots
Strategy Page ^ | June 21, 2006

Posted on 06/21/2006 5:53:22 PM PDT by John Jorsett

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To: bkepley

"There's no putting the toothpaste back in the tube."

True. What's a lot worse than armed robots, in my mind, is computers that are smarter than we are. But again, your comment applies.


21 posted on 06/22/2006 7:53:41 AM PDT by strategofr (H-mentor:"pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it"Hillary's Secret War,Poe,p.198)
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To: Donald Meaker

"As are were WWII torpedos."

As are bombs---except that one in the movie---that movie sort of like Failsafe, but humorous.


22 posted on 06/22/2006 7:55:47 AM PDT by strategofr (H-mentor:"pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it"Hillary's Secret War,Poe,p.198)
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To: Shermy

Classic!! Loved Brenner in that movie!


23 posted on 06/22/2006 7:56:18 AM PDT by LIConFem (It is by will alone I set my mind in motion...)
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To: strategofr

Dr Strangelove?


24 posted on 06/29/2006 10:04:21 AM PDT by Donald Meaker (Brother, can you Paradigm?)
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