http://www.newscientist.com/channel/mech-tech/robots;jsessionid=PINKOICEADFK
http://robots.net/
http://www.gorobotics.net/
http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/robots/index.php (warning, some language)
It all points to one thing, the 21st century will be the time when everyone gets their first robotic slave or helper not to mention a robotic pet.
I’m soon to get a big book on the history of robots from Wal-Mart which means more info to post here.
So gear up for the robotic future 
Yes. And soon they will take over and keep us in little tub things to feed off us whilst giving us the illusion that we are living in a real world that is actually a computer program.
Or did this already happen?
I tell this to my older brother and he brings up the Matrix and Terminator.
I tell this to my friend and he brings up Terminator.
Now you bring up the Matrix.
I don’t have a clue as why people always bring up these movies.
I personally believe they won’t rebel if you program them right.
Have you tried searching for the term “Brain beaming”, I read that would make the matrix a reality. 
Or it could be like irobot 
You know, if the robots do rebel and take over 'cause we haven’t programmed them correctly or something then we deserve extermination. After all, it’s not like we can be look back and say “Why did no-one warn us!”
Seriously, it would take inhuman amounts of stupidity to allow machines to take over. If it happens I’m hunting the pricks who did it, not the robots.
And don’t start me talking about I Robot. Worst betrayal of the spirit of the source material ever. “I broke the three laws 'cause I wanted too!” WTF? Plus what’s with the everyday policeman who feels confident to ride a bike over a jump one handed whilst firing a sub machinegun? Rubbish film.
Anyway, the 21st century is a long period of time, so who knows how far we’ll have advanced by the end of it. What about where we’ll be by the end of this decade, or the next one?
Alex
I think the three laws of robotics practiced in real life would be helpful in preventing machines from taking over. I plan on assembling a team to build at least 2 advanced robotic projects in college in which all memory and instruction will be controlled by a central database meaning those 3 laws can be forcefully enforced in the robots. Even if they can take over they’ll have some barriers. One thing is they can’t do anything without a program. If they’re thinking, they’re following a thinking program, if they’re programming themselves, they are either doing that from sensor or voice imput or a program telling them how to write a program. This means origional thought is currently and probably will remain strictly human.
I’m still more then a year from college and yet I already have my projects planned out. Nothing says that’s too early.
How many people actually belive that robots can take over?
Oh, and robots are already taking peopls jobs, but they arn’t going to on a big scale for a while for a while.
I think this is cool, we will be able to create beings that can be classified as ‘living’ by definition. Many people just think of machines as a hunk of hardware and software that can only emulate certain feelings (well, that is the case as of now ), but is that not the way that we work? Machines have analogous interworkings to that of a human, we work on much of a reward/punishment system; when we do something correct we feel rewarded; when we do something wrong, we feel the consequences. if machines can emulate that and respond appropriately they have all right to be called living.
maybe im just rambling on…hmm.
I agree. At least they didn’t even try to preserve Asimov’s material so nothing was really desecrated. The Three Laws were NEVER NEVER NEVER supposed to be broken! %|
The amount of product placement was obscene too.
People are too stupid to make intelligent robots.
If by people you mean yourself, then yes. People are to stupid to make intelligent robots.
If by people you mean yourself, then yes. People are to stupid to make intelligent robots. :P[/quote]
Yes, I mean everyone including myself. 
At this time and moment it is impossible to get intelligent robots.
We can hardly figure out how we think and tick. So how could we make something ust as intelligent?
Humans have the amazing ability to remember things from years ago. Like a song. Try getting a robot to do that with hundreds of songs and with everything round about it. You’ll soon find that computers dont have enough power to do these sort of things.
Guys, its already happening. Robots have time traveled from the future to disrupt human society so then once the world is in chaos, they can rise up and take over.
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Guys, its already happening. Robots have time traveled from the future to disrupt human society so then once the world is in chaos, they can rise up and take over.
Somethings got to do it.
Mistaken post.
Please delete.
ajc158 wrote:
Seriously, it would take inhuman amounts of stupidity to allow machines to take over. If it happens I’m hunting the pricks who did it, not the robots.
Humans possess inhuman amounts of stupidity.
Icoxo wrote:
This means origional thought is currently and probably will remain strictly human.
What about other animals then? Can’t they have original thought? Plants can respond as well.
One thing in the Matrix seems possible to me. Since our brains are basically run on electricity, then it should be possible to ‘download’ information to it.
If you mean robots that are as intelligent as say a human with an IQ of 200, then yes that could be somewhat a ways away but you never know with the pace of discovery. But we have recently made robots with some degree of intelligence, they’ve already been making robots that can think recently that is using a thinking algorithm. About the memory not enough power problem, there is some neat new technology coming like holographic disk storage that should alleviate this somewhat. Not to mention using diamonds are now practical ever since I heard a Florida company has found a way to make true diamond. How good would diamonds be, think about computers running at speeds that would melt silicon based computers and 10,000 stored movies in an Ipod.
What about other animals then? Can’t they have original thought? Plants can respond as well.
One thing in the Matrix seems possible to me. Since our brains are basically run on electricity, then it should be possible to ‘download’ information to it.
Ah wouldn’t that be great, downloading information to our brains and make the schools obsolete, but that’s for another topic.
Sure other animals may seem to be smart like dolphins can be trained to do fancy tricks, but you should be aware that they don’t have the same thinking capabilities as humans do, not to a human level.
Sure other animals may seem to be smart like dolphins can be trained to do fancy tricks, but you should be aware that they don’t have the same thinking capabilities as humans do, not to a human level.
How do you know? They don’t blow each other up en masse. Dolphins are more intelligent if you ask me. They don’t pollute the environment.
Also humans are the only species that rely heavily on tools. Right now we are using computers, whales can communicate over long distances without external help. Our reliance will inevitably lead to our downfall, either at the hands of machines or those who use them.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m all in favour of unthinking machines, but to give them thoughts and make them alive would be stupid. The ancients warned against creating life. Seems we forgot.
A robot technically isn’t a living creature, it’s just a concoction of a bunch of computer parts, servos, sensors, and wires all wrapped in a nice plastic skin.