This robot eats souls, and it wants yours
Does the robot to the left invoke fear in you? It should, and officials at the University of Reading thought so too. Its name is Morgui, and it was deemed to frightening to let anyone under the age of 18 view it.
Now imagine the future, where an army of these terrifying robots are hunting you down. You think you find a good hiding spot, but think again. If scientists at City University of London finish a new project, the robot army will be able to detect your fear in order to find you.
The project is in a preliminary stage, but the British scientists working on the “Fear Detector” hope to have it finished before the 2012 London Olympics. There are two parts to the system; the first works with laser absorption and the other is a portable fiber optic sensor. The scientists hope that by using the two parts simultaneously they will be able to detect fear pheromones emitted by terrorists, drug smugglers and other criminals. What happens if robots get this technology and view all humans as criminals?
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In a world that appears to become more obsessed with sex by the day, it seems inevitable that robots would eventually be made specifically to satisfy a person’s sexual desires. Robots have already been made that look more human than anything seen before, even though they are still very creepy.
Robots LOVE Hello Kitty.
So what is the future of sexbotics, and what are the consequences if robotic sex becomes morally and socially acceptable?
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Welcome to the future
Most everyone has some sort of knowledge about Skynet, the computer program that eventually led to the war between humans & machines in the Terminator movies and TV shows. The concept of a self aware and artificially intelligent computer network is quite terrifying, but it may soon become a staple in networks across the world. There are a couple projects being researched and developed that all hold a piece of the Skynet puzzle, not to mention an actual system named Skynet that is currently in operation. So while Skynet in the Terminator universe was merely fiction, reality is just as alarming. Of course these new systems are meant to help society operate better, faster and stronger, but the worst actions often have the best intentions. Part 2 of 2 is below.
