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Robots Archive
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![Humanity Now Actually Begging To Be Destroyed By Robots [Video]](http://www.iconindexsymbol.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/20100520robot-110x110.jpg "Humanity Now Actually Begging To Be Destroyed By Robots [Video]")
Humanity Now Actually Begging To Be Destroyed By Robots [Video]
We’re beginning to suspect that there may be humans among us not strictly interested in the continued dominance of our species: At least there’s no chance of these robots becoming hyper-intelligent or partaking of a functionally teleological metaphysics of self-replication. Because that would be awkward. References: * RHex – ROBORAMA.info [roborama / YouTube] * Engineer Builds Self-Aware Robots That [...] -
![Engineer Builds Self-Aware Robots That Learn And Self-Replicate. Umm… What? [Video]](http://www.iconindexsymbol.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/20100521tedrobots_640-110x110.jpg "Engineer Builds Self-Aware Robots That Learn And Self-Replicate. Umm… What? [Video]")
Engineer Builds Self-Aware Robots That Learn And Self-Replicate. Umm… What? [Video]
You know, we’ve seen more than a few movies that begin this way. And they always end badly. Always. Here’s uber-genius Hod Lipson giving an engaging presentation that was – for reasons inscrutable to us – not subtitled “how I spent my summer vacation ushering in the Age of the Machines:” At least he’s enthusiastic about [...] -
IIS Begs Science: Please Stop Making Robots That Creep Us The Hell Out
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![The Cute Yellow Thin Wedge Of The Coming Robot Wars [Video]](http://www.iconindexsymbol.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/20100529keepon_640-110x110.jpg "The Cute Yellow Thin Wedge Of The Coming Robot Wars [Video]")
The Cute Yellow Thin Wedge Of The Coming Robot Wars [Video]
We deeply covet this: Make sure you stick around till the very end for the most spectacular dance party ever. When they finally launch their attack, will we even want to oppose their cuteness? Incidentally, Spoon is reuniting with this insanely cool little thing on September 10th in LA for a Creative Commons fund raiser. Naturally tickets [...]
