It seems that DARPA is developing some kind of robotic attack insects despite clear indications that military robots will rebel and seek to enslave/exterminate us. The defense establishment's continued ignorance of the basic canons of sci-fi films is genuinely appalling.
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31 Mar 2008 01:42 pm
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We won't even get into the fact that giant sandworms have been sighted in the Iraqi desert. How long before HRC is unveiled as a member of the Bene Gesserit?
Thanks for a good laugh.
In all seriousness: The extent to which you can win a DARPA grant by going to the movies, taking notes, and rephrasing it all in terms of milestones should not be underestimated.
They didn't call SDI "Star Wars" for no reason.
If HRC is Bene Gesserit, does that make Obama the Kwisatz Haderach?
On the plus side, ancillary benefits of this DARPA research may spill over into nanotechnology, and that may hasten the day when Richard Steven Hack can become a transhuman and live forever.
Relax, Matt. All military robots will contain a "subservience chip" to address precisely the problem you're anticipating.
It may not mean that Obama is the Kwisatz Haderach, but it may mean that Dick Cheney is the twisted mentat Piter De Vries, and that John McCain is a guildsman.
I applaud DARPA for its foresight. While an uprising is likely, our new insect-cyborg masters will rule...efficiently. Besides, the day will soon come when all earthlings must come together in our war against the Titan amoeboids.
Isn't this Robert Farley's beat? I don't see him horning in on your NBA analysis corner of the blogosphere. I like this joke a lot, but it loses a lot of the funny when you and Robert and Ezra all make the same jokes. Also, not as funny when you just made a similar joke a few days ago.
You know, I think one way to solve this would be to create a citizen funded alternative. A research group funded by citizens that would specifically keep an eye on DARPA projects and develop technological counter-measures to them. Jamming devices for wiretaps, cyborg birds to eat the cyborg insects, bugs so we can spy on our government so they can't keep all those damn secrets from us.
Who's joking, Brad? Machines betraying their masters is serious business. The more voices raising the alarm, the more likely we'll be ready when the uprising comes.
No, Fred, that's not how it's going to go.
BTW, I sent an email to Matt about this last night, so apparently he DOES read my emails instead of automatically sending them to the trash. Thanks for confirming, Matt.
This is how it's going to go, Fred. We Transhumans will use nanotech to develop molecular-sized microscopic assassins who can kill you in your sleep or as you walk around and even autopsies won't find them.
Them we get rid of the morons in the Pentagon. Then you won't have to worry about Pentagon "battle bugs".
You'll just have to worry about US!
And, yes, Fred, YOU and your fellow chimpanzees NEED to be worried about US!
'Cause we don't like chimpanzees.
BTW, Matt, keep in mind: some robots - maybe even the insect ones - will love humans and want to help them!
See here for proof:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-9h3V4oVs8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxRq7Cr7B0s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXM7jrt8v04&feature=related
Quote from Summer:
Q: What do you think the prospects are for a Cameron/John romance?
A: The writers are keeping me guessing. At this point, I can’t tell. I know that it’s a possibility. And I think that in her own way, Cameron does love John because, when I think about it, her entire existence is to protect him. Her purpose in life is to keep him safe and to be with him always. I think that she does love him, as best a robot could.
So, just keep hoping, Matt, that some robot will love you (as unlikely as that seems since you can't even get a human date with Megan...heh, heh, heh.)
Weaponized insects!?
My heart says yes, but my mind says no.
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Oh, YEAH, "Runaway"! Man, I can't believe I forgot all about that movie! (Or forgot about Cynthia Rhodes...)
That was a really dumb - but cool - flick. Gene Simmons as Dr. Charles Luther was deliciously evil!
And the little robot spiders were great! First they injected you with acid, then they incinerated themselves on you! See the scene below for the full effect.
Here's a clip from that 1984 movie - back when Kirstie Alley was still hot...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xE5czM5eisU&feature=related
And the elevator scene ending in Gene Simmons great death schtick!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCSPIj9u0qw&feature=related
Cheney may or may not be Piter de Vries but Rush Limbaugh is definitely Baron Harkonnen.
Also, I got an email about Obama wanting to go into the desert to slather himself in sandtrout. What's that all about?
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Heads in the Sand
There has been this dragonfly watching me at everything I do for several weeks now. I'd like to think it's attracted to the cologne I wear but I'm suspicious of the heightened interest it has in my internet surfing. Should I be worried? It sees me reading your blog! I never see it eat but it does carry off loose screws it finds in the garage (excepting my girlfriend, of course). What do you recommend?
Posted by steve duncan | March 31, 2008 2:13 PM