Earlier this week, an anti-robot/anti-artificial intelligence protest at SXSW got huge buzz and media coverage. It turns out this “Stop The Robots” march was just a guerrilla marketing stunt for a new dating app — but the subsequent conversation it sparked might illustrate that the specter of “evil robots” is increasingly weighing on people’s minds now.
If the machines do rise and finally make their bid to challenge mankind’s reign over this planet, we may look back at this bipedal robot completing various exercises as the turning point.
Watch as Boston Dynamics’ 6-foot-tall Atlas does push-ups, navigates rocky terrain and balances on one foot while getting hit with a medicine ball in a cheeky training montage featuring “Scarface (Push It To The Limit).”
Ah, so funny how they paired the footage with that iconic, cheesy song. But don’t you see! That’s just to lull you into a false sense of security, to distract us from the fact that there’s a terrifying robot with no soul and no mercy completing all these impressive physical feats.
Did you even stop to wonder what it’s training for? According to BroBible, this machine is a “highly mobile humanoid robot designed to negotiate outdoor, rough terrain” for military search and rescue. Key word: military.
If any rogue machines with that skillset plan to overtake their creators, you might think we’d be able to conquer any uprising. Perhaps, say, by engaging them in a game of dodgeball. Well, dodgeball doesn’t affect the robots. DODGEBALL DOESN’T AFFECT THE ROBOTS!
If we’re facing an enemy that doesn’t even have the moral wiring to tap out of a dodgeball game when it’s been hit, we’re doomed.
There are apps that think for you and robots that move like you. Perhaps someday, the two things will combine, making a robot war seem slightly less far-fetched than it did when the first “Terminator” came out over 30 years ago. In the meantime, enjoy your Roomba.
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