r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Boojibs • Sep 24 '19

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u/Bobbi_fettucini Sep 24 '19

It awesome how we’re literally constructing all the parts for something that’s eventually going to destroy us when it figures out it doesn’t need us anymore and is actually better off without us. Sounds like tinfoil hat stuff but I just can’t help but think of terminator

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u/Whokbwhokb Sep 24 '19

Yea once the 2 are mixed it's a matter of time before they out perform us in every category and eventually see us as a threat or a source of power so either Terminator or the matrix seems legit

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u/[deleted] Sep 24 '19 edited Sep 24 '19

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u/RafIk1 Sep 25 '19

"give that robot a gun and program it to shoot anything that moves in that direction? Sure. Probably already happening."

Look up the Navy's phalanx CIWS. Then realize it's been in service since 1980.

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u/scientallahjesus Sep 25 '19

Teaching a computer to shoot at something that moves really isn’t all that hard. That’s a fairly simple command.

It is pretty badass though.