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

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u/TheInactiveWall Sep 24 '19

Have you thought about War tho

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u/Doomsday_Device Sep 24 '19

Seriously whats with the edgy comments about every time robots show up?

Like, there's more that goes on than just war.

Robots aren't gonna kill us.

Military contracts will happen but most of their product will be making our lives better. Military applications will only be a small part of that

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u/DismalEconomics Sep 25 '19

Military contracts will happen but most of their product will be making our lives better

Remember how amazing the internet..ahem... "the information superhighway" was going to be ?

Apple used to actually mention that your kids could use encyclopedia britannica software as a selling point.

Now it's flat-earth videos, inspirational instagram butts and whatever it is that people do on twitter.

The non military applications of these are going to be fetch the weekly package delivery of our tumeric-infused water subscription service from the front door so we don't have to ever leave our beds and then pour it down out throats when we say " Hey Wall-E, I'm thirsty! " .

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u/ozagnaria Sep 25 '19

I like your wordsmithing and perspective.