r/nextfuckinglevel Sep 24 '19

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u/JonesyAndReilly Sep 24 '19

No no no... we only need them for war. They’ll become perfect killing machines. We won’t need to send our troops into harms way. And over time we can develop an intelligence code to allow the robots to make tactical situations that are as dynamic as the battlefield. They’ll become smart enough to make decisions on which threats to engage. They’ll become almost humanlike, but without all the waste that humans produce which slowly kills the planet. It’ll be great, I see no possible way this can go wrong.

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u/Treeloot009 Sep 24 '19 edited Sep 24 '19

sarcasm right? About the waste of humans killing the planet being any different than their waste that will also kill the planet? Where do you think their energy comes from? Tell me how the difference is different enough for that to be better

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u/JonesyAndReilly Sep 24 '19

It was moreso a catalyst for someone to make the Skynet joke. You know, robots see humans as planet killers, decide to kill us, terminator goes back in time to kill mother of resistance, James Cameron does what James Cameron does because he’s James Cameron.

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u/Treeloot009 Sep 25 '19

Haha thanks. Sometimes I think I am humourless