Master Boda
Sr Member
When humans have a super advanced droid/robot and then shocked that it turned on them. I remember the first time I watched 2001 and HAL read the lips of the human’s,I did not trust my Atari 2600 as stupid as that might sound.
Magic did not exist before Latin.Why do magic spells always have to be in another language? Why wouldn't they work if you just translated them?
But it still makes more sense than calling it a "boot", which has similar origins.The rear storage compartment of a modern car is still called the 'trunk' (at least in North America). It has not literally been a 'trunk' for about a century now but the label persists. Same prinicple.
Microtron, Microbrain, Microwallet... lolEntity names like Megatron, Metatron etc. Why not Microtron?
How about deploying the robot to clean the house or wash the dishes when someone mentions it?And yet people still buy things like Alexa. I'm waiting for the point when you have some type of robot that is connected to a device like Alexa. Maybe it's for house chores. It overhears you talking about how much you hate your boss and then it goes all Cousin Eddie and kidnaps him.
As a species we learn exceptionally well, otherwise we wouldn't have advanced to where we are today.We ( even before the advancements made with Ai ) are screwed !
We play with ‘Fire’ ( another one of our inventions - maybe ), thinking we’re in ‘control’ and yet history has repeatedly shown that we ( humans - for all our ‘positive’ advancements as a species ) are prone to stupidity and catastrophic mistakes/failure , at learning.
Learning what !?...., don’t play with Fire. Maybe!?
"We learn exceptionally well"...yeah: "Grog, try that red berry will you?" Ah, Grog is writhing on the ground holding his belly: "Red berry no good!"As a species we learn exceptionally well, otherwise we wouldn't have advanced to where we are today.
Our issue is we are exceptionally bad at long term thinking beyond our own lifetimes outside of academic endeavours, as well not being able to see the unintended consequences of our actions, but we are just animals and not omnipotent/omniscient.
I’ve always thought of learning as being the mistakes rather than the successes."We learn exceptionally well"...yeah: "Grog, try that red berry will you?" Ah, Grog is writhing on the ground holding his belly: "Red berry no good!"Isn't it ironic that all of our ideas/successes were made making mistakes first! So, in effect; the bad has to be done before the good...
Or, it calls your boss to tell them. That isn't really impossible!And yet people still buy things like Alexa. I'm waiting for the point when you have some type of robot that is connected to a device like Alexa. Maybe it's for house chores. It overhears you talking about how much you hate your boss and then it goes all Cousin Eddie and kidnaps him.
"In his later years, Grog would speak in sullen tones about the times of "the Evil Red Berry", and his frequent trips to the bushes just outside his cave. In a somewhat more jovial tone, he would recount how he smeared Tyrannosaurus bait on the entrance to the cave of the one who suggested Grog try the Evil Red Berry."We learn exceptionally well"...yeah: "Grog, try that red berry will you?" Ah, Grog is writhing on the ground holding his belly: "Red berry no good!"Isn't it ironic that all of our ideas/successes were made making mistakes first! So, in effect; the bad has to be done before the good...
You're right on that one: no written history/experiences; only the re- telling, along the years and generations, of the good, the bad and the ugly"In his later years, Grog would speak in sullen tones about the times of "the Evil Red Berry", and his frequent trips to the bushes just outside his cave. In a somewhat more jovial tone, he would recount how he smeared Tyrannosaurus bait on the entrance to the cave of the one who suggested Grog try the Evil Red Berry.
Grog still smiles when recounting the screams of Turgu.."
Years later, Grog would be "The father of modern medicine and founder of the Assassin's Creed"You're right on that one: no written history/experiences; only the re- telling, along the years and generations, of the good, the bad and the ugly![]()