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Robot Day
"Danger, Will Robinson! Warning! Warning! That does not compute!"
~ Lost in Space, 1965
Ah, for the good old days, when a robot was there to serve its human masters. How times have changed! What was once a fantasy and the stuff of science fiction has gone way beyond the friendly assistant in retro TV series, space opera fantasies, and obliging smart rolling home vacuums.
AI and robotics have infiltrated every aspect of our lives. From robotic spy drones masquerading as flies, "smart" appliances that spy on your every move (for your own benefit, of course) to Neuralink robotic implants, and the IOB (Internet of bodies created by nanoparticles ingested/injected/inhaled), these hypernovel inserts into our lives seem here to stay, for better or more likely, for not so much better.
There's a lot that doesn't compute. However, let that not stand in the way of your humanoid robot companions being nattily turned out.
This three-dimensional tartan, evocative of vintage robot innards and old-fashioned core memory and circuit boards, ensures that all sentient and fashionable robotic beings may be traditionally attired for the upcoming robot revolution.
"Technological Singularity", the hypothesis that the invention of an artificial superintelligence will result in exponential technological growth, reducing the need for much of human productivity (a euphemism if ever I've heard one) and producing unfathomable changes, is upon us. Today, we have debates on Roboethics, Transhumanism, Military Robots, and the ethics of Artificial Intelligence. What could go wrong? Beep! Beep! 🖤 🤍 🖤 ⏳ ⌛ 🤖
The term "robot" was first used to denote fictional automata in the 1921 play R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) by the Czech writer Karel Čapek. The play replaced the former popular use of the word "automaton" with the word "robot." In the play, the robots overthrow their human creators! Hmmm ...
Today, the robot revolution is here, changing how we live, for better or worse. Careful, folks. Skynet is smiling.
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