So...How soon untill the "real" skynet becomes self aware??

[crxvtec]

After watching the new terminator movie last night, my roommate and I started to discuss the probability of machines taking over. Look at how far technology has come in the last 15 years. I remember when 32MB of memory on a San Disk card was the norm. Now you cant buy one that has less than 1GB and an 8GB is common. Computers and Robots that can recognize faces and learn words. Wit the world connected by the internet and hackers getting better, what does everybody on here think is the REAL possibility of a "war" happening? I guess if the machines did take over and they won, then wouldn't that be the beginning of the matrix?

Any thoughts???

[Teabaggins]

don't worry, I'll go home and beat the crap out of my toaster today and put it in it's place

[Banjo]

Originally Posted by Teabaggins

don't worry, I'll go home and beat the crap out of my toaster today and put it in it's place

There you go, that's the spirit!

[MCT]

A future where bloodthirsty renegade cyborgs become self aware and rise up against the human race is a future that I embrace wholeheartedly.

"Time to smash those metal s." - Reese

[Mike53421]

Imagine the paranoia once Transformers comes out! Terminator, Transformers, Swine Flu... people are going to be in full-panic mode by July!

[Downhere]

Funny thing, where I work at. One of our clients is called...Skynet Telecommunications.

[Diesel]

Originally Posted by Downhere

Funny thing, where I work at. One of our clients is called...Skynet Telecommunications.

they don't have a Mr. Dyson do they?

[Downhere]

lol...not sure, I always see that name when I run through the billing system. I always laugh and joke around with everyone at work about Skynet taking over ever since I found out a communications company was actually named Skynet.

[blu-mike]

and dont worry I will beat up my ipod tonight

[JJ]

That's why I'm building one of these in my backyard:



Bonus points if you can identify what that is.

[jkwest]

a tripod?

[DC_Street]

that is what I was going to say

edit: a mech warrior?

[Chordata]

That's ridiculous. It's an image.

[JJ]

This was my first build, using the neighbor's cat as test pilot:

[crxvtec]

I am not being paranoid or think it is going to happen any moment. But with computers and machines learning and scientist making AI that gets better and better, what would it take for machines to take offenses action? Look at the conficker worm. Its there and just waiting. Machine take over could be started by humans. Could start as a computer virus by humans that "Just want to see the world burn"

[Teabaggins]

you guys...they have already taken over. it's been centuries...don't tell anyone

[mikejet]

Not until they can get actual neural networks to function properly. I think that the idea that was in the Ender's Game series makes more sense that an AI will eventually emerge from the web when one program goes rogue. I don't think it will be malicious and won't let itself be known for a long time.

[bongzilla]

I think the enviroment will kill us off way before stupid machines.

[Gaius Marius]

2012. The world will end then.

[LIONSFAN20]

Originally Posted by Gaius Marius

2012. The world will end then.

Isn't it 12-20-2012. haha