Technology proceeds by slow stages but then it all adds up to a stunning change.
The bad news is the robots will be able to get to us quickly with the nets if they ever decide to come and take us away.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080902171117.htm
The good news is it can't be long before we can sit back and enjoy a movie while we're being driven somewhere by our car.
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I wouldn't start to worry until the helicopters become capable of independent thought and are able to develop totally unique stunts of their own.
When they can do that, we should hope that the robotics engineers program the robots with something not unlike the positronic brains that are based upon Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics:
1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
2. A robot must obey orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
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anon,
Don't forget that even Asimov recognized the potential for contradictions arising and the difficulty of perfectly programming the positronic brains.
I already stay under trees when possible so I can more probably dodge the net and at least make it hard for them when they come to take me away. And I try to stay mindful that they may not look like helicopters when they come. They may look like that cute fawn who pays all too much attention to me each evening when he comes, ostensibly to eat the fallen apples.
Can never be too sure about those fawns. Reminds me of another harmless looking critter that was not what it appeared to be... :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcxKIJTb3Hg&NR=1
LOL!
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anon,
fantastic!
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