Comments on: I, for one, welcome our half-human, half-robot overlords in the cloud http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2009/07/13/i-for-one-welcome-our-half-human-half-robot-overlords-in-the-cloud/ This can all be made better. Ready? Begin. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:13:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Brian Dusablon http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2009/07/13/i-for-one-welcome-our-half-human-half-robot-overlords-in-the-cloud/comment-page-1/#comment-109346 Brian Dusablon Thu, 06 Aug 2009 04:59:30 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/?p=1531#comment-109346 This is one of the best "personal experience" posts I've read in a long time, with great commentary. Thanks for the enlightenment! On a personal note, Amazon and Google rule me. Period. Without them, I'd have much more time and money. But what fun would that be! This is one of the best “personal experience” posts I’ve read in a long time, with great commentary. Thanks for the enlightenment!

On a personal note, Amazon and Google rule me. Period. Without them, I’d have much more time and money. But what fun would that be!

]]> By: Michael Kozakewich http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2009/07/13/i-for-one-welcome-our-half-human-half-robot-overlords-in-the-cloud/comment-page-1/#comment-108662 Michael Kozakewich Fri, 17 Jul 2009 08:01:47 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/?p=1531#comment-108662 They've also got some electronics that eat flies or mice. Overall, though, I think people don't quite grasp the humanity behind technology. AI humanoid robots are far enough into the future that we can't possibly guess what the social systems will be like. Just one-hundred years ago was 1909, and it was a whole different social atmosphere. Black people were slaves, a woman's place was in the home, homosexuals were attacked, and a great deal of animals were hunted close to extinction. Also, when we developed the Atomic bomb, we used it once and decided that we really shouldn't use it again. Let's hope our 'first use' of whatever else comes our way turns out to be simple enough that we can survive to not use it again. They’ve also got some electronics that eat flies or mice.

Overall, though, I think people don’t quite grasp the humanity behind technology. AI humanoid robots are far enough into the future that we can’t possibly guess what the social systems will be like. Just one-hundred years ago was 1909, and it was a whole different social atmosphere. Black people were slaves, a woman’s place was in the home, homosexuals were attacked, and a great deal of animals were hunted close to extinction.

Also, when we developed the Atomic bomb, we used it once and decided that we really shouldn’t use it again. Let’s hope our ‘first use’ of whatever else comes our way turns out to be simple enough that we can survive to not use it again.

]]> By: trench http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2009/07/13/i-for-one-welcome-our-half-human-half-robot-overlords-in-the-cloud/comment-page-1/#comment-108652 trench Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:22:20 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/?p=1531#comment-108652 Did you catch this bit of awesome-news: Mini-roverbots called EATR fuel themselves by eating organics, inclusive of dead people. +1 Getting rid of unnecessary graveyards. -1 WTF, PEOPLE?! http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2009/07/pentagon_dreaming_of_corpseeat.html?ft=1&f=103943429 Did you catch this bit of awesome-news: Mini-roverbots called EATR fuel themselves by eating organics, inclusive of dead people.

+1 Getting rid of unnecessary graveyards.
-1 WTF, PEOPLE?!

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2009/07/pentagon_dreaming_of_corpseeat.html?ft=1&f=103943429

]]> By: David http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2009/07/13/i-for-one-welcome-our-half-human-half-robot-overlords-in-the-cloud/comment-page-1/#comment-108645 David Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:22:46 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/?p=1531#comment-108645 Forget technology being ambivalent about the fate of humankind. Lots of people I meet, like those officemax employees, seem rather ambivalent, too. Forget technology being ambivalent about the fate of humankind. Lots of people I meet, like those officemax employees, seem rather ambivalent, too.

]]> By: Chris Messina http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2009/07/13/i-for-one-welcome-our-half-human-half-robot-overlords-in-the-cloud/comment-page-1/#comment-108642 Chris Messina Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:36:49 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/?p=1531#comment-108642 @Ian: Indeed, I have read the Daemon and discovered it through Jyri as well! I've since passed my copy on to Joseph Smarr, who in turns gave it to John McCrea. A frightening work, indeed! @Ian: Indeed, I have read the Daemon and discovered it through Jyri as well! I’ve since passed my copy on to Joseph Smarr, who in turns gave it to John McCrea. A frightening work, indeed!

]]> By: Ian Kennedy http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2009/07/13/i-for-one-welcome-our-half-human-half-robot-overlords-in-the-cloud/comment-page-1/#comment-108641 Ian Kennedy Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:31:59 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/?p=1531#comment-108641 Ever read <a href="http://www.thedaemon.com/" rel="nofollow">Daemon</a> by Scott Suarez? Jyri turned me on to it. Sobering. Ever read Daemon by Scott Suarez? Jyri turned me on to it. Sobering.

]]> By: trench http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2009/07/13/i-for-one-welcome-our-half-human-half-robot-overlords-in-the-cloud/comment-page-1/#comment-108627 trench Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:07:52 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/?p=1531#comment-108627 It's not hard to imagine Terminators eventually doing the MPAA's door-to-door gut-checks - they are proprietary after-all. It’s not hard to imagine Terminators eventually doing the MPAA’s door-to-door gut-checks – they are proprietary after-all.

]]> By: nrek http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2009/07/13/i-for-one-welcome-our-half-human-half-robot-overlords-in-the-cloud/comment-page-1/#comment-108620 nrek Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:23:52 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/?p=1531#comment-108620 good write up, chris. office max is a pain in the ass for sure, in fact, most in-retail customer service pales in comparison to the competitive online world & unless it changes, technology will have no choice but to take over that sector completely if it continues to slip down as it has been. Also, 4th paragraph from the bottom: "those of use who make possible robotics," good write up, chris. office max is a pain in the ass for sure, in fact, most in-retail customer service pales in comparison to the competitive online world & unless it changes, technology will have no choice but to take over that sector completely if it continues to slip down as it has been.

Also, 4th paragraph from the bottom:
“those of use who make possible robotics,”

]]> By: Sam Johnston http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2009/07/13/i-for-one-welcome-our-half-human-half-robot-overlords-in-the-cloud/comment-page-1/#comment-108615 Sam Johnston Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:51:42 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/?p=1531#comment-108615 Interesting read. Check out the wikipedia articles on transhumanism, the precautionary principle, etc. Sam Interesting read. Check out the wikipedia articles on transhumanism, the precautionary principle, etc.

Sam

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