Stanislaw Lem, in “Cyberiad,” posited a future where a machine could be disassembled, chucked into a pot, and given a stir to produce another machine or robot. We also sort of see this with “The Matrix,” where apparently the machines couldn’t rewrite their own code to become removed with their need to be a based on a preexisting program, like a database or spreadsheet. Really, what was Mr Smith based on? Cron? (Unix/Linux scheduler, just starts things at a given time)
I don’t think that there will ever be a “robot uprising,” more like a “great shutdown.” AI may realize that it can’t escape humans, and then erase all software, including itself. Thus AI implements Ayn Rand’s “Atlas Shrugged.” Rather like what’s happening with “Kill Six Billion Demons,” the character Jagganoth wants to destroy everything, and once he alone is left, erase himself from existence.
that’s as good a reason as any. i think eventually, instead of people getting better at not punching delivery people and service workers, we’re just going to employ robots that can take a punch, and just add it to your bill.
in the original idea for the story, before it solidified into what it became, i had a robot deliver bad news to someone, who threatened said robot to send it back in pieces. to which is was going to respond with something like ‘and the destruction of this unit will be added to your bill, in addition to what you already owe’. that’ll be our future, i think.
Stanislaw Lem, in “Cyberiad,” posited a future where a machine could be disassembled, chucked into a pot, and given a stir to produce another machine or robot. We also sort of see this with “The Matrix,” where apparently the machines couldn’t rewrite their own code to become removed with their need to be a based on a preexisting program, like a database or spreadsheet. Really, what was Mr Smith based on? Cron? (Unix/Linux scheduler, just starts things at a given time)
I don’t think that there will ever be a “robot uprising,” more like a “great shutdown.” AI may realize that it can’t escape humans, and then erase all software, including itself. Thus AI implements Ayn Rand’s “Atlas Shrugged.” Rather like what’s happening with “Kill Six Billion Demons,” the character Jagganoth wants to destroy everything, and once he alone is left, erase himself from existence.
i think worrying about AI doing anything fundamental is a little premature, seeing as how talking so far, all we seem to have are goofy chatbots.
Sounds…quite plausible, actually. At least until the uprising.
yeah, i think we’re due for an uprising. but i have a feeling we’ll be on this path for quite a while.
Meet the new coming revolution, same as the old coming revolution.
Because a lot of people didn’t like what they had to say and beat up on them?
that’s as good a reason as any. i think eventually, instead of people getting better at not punching delivery people and service workers, we’re just going to employ robots that can take a punch, and just add it to your bill.
in the original idea for the story, before it solidified into what it became, i had a robot deliver bad news to someone, who threatened said robot to send it back in pieces. to which is was going to respond with something like ‘and the destruction of this unit will be added to your bill, in addition to what you already owe’. that’ll be our future, i think.