Archive for the “robots doing evil” category
Ray Kurzweil on the Future of GNR
by Luke Rodgers on April 29, 2009
Minority Report + Jaxon X + Skynet = bad news?
Mistakes you don’t want to make when applying to philosophy grad schools
by Luke Rodgers on January 14, 2009
Accidentally upload ‘robot ninja.jpg’ instead of ‘resume.doc’ in the online application form
Bot-mediated reality
by Luke Rodgers on October 20, 2008
Having just spent upwards of 25 hours in a car driving between Peterborough, Toronto, and Pukaskwa National Park, one of the ways we passed the time was listening to a variety of podcasts, including Philosophy Bites, CBC Ideas, and the (…)
Consequences of bot-mediated reality
by Luke Rodgers on September 17, 2008
I have a lot of catch-up listening to do with regards to The Long Now Foundation’s excellent Seminars About Long-term Thinking (SALT) lecture and podcast series. I’m a charter member of the Foundation, which gets you a sweet membership card (…)
Creepy female robot
by Luke Rodgers on July 31, 2008
I had to put this one in “robots doing good” and “robots doing evil” because she’s helping sell sunscreen, which is good, but she’s really disturbing, which is bad.
Robot spiders
by Luke Rodgers on May 5, 2008
“Troops to use electronic insects to spot enemy ‘by end of the year’”
Self-re-assembling robots – cue the Terminator references
by Luke Rodgers on May 1, 2008
Modular robot reassembles when kicked apart
Nerdy and awesome
US war robots in Iraq aim guns at human masters
by Luke Rodgers on April 13, 2008
Despite this minor setback, people in the US military were able to keep their cool, and not come to extreme conclusions like, “maybe we shouldn’t put guns on robots.”
Though these friendly looking little guys were pulled from operation, there is (…)
