24 January 2008, 17:01 UTC#1
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Floreano and his colleagues outfitted robots with light sensors, rings of blue light, and wheels and placed them in habitats furnished with glowing “food sources” and patches of “poison” that recharged or drained their batteries...
By the 50th generation, the robots had learned to communicate—lighting up, in three out of four colonies, to alert the others when they’d found food or poison. The fourth colony sometimes evolved “cheater” robots instead, which would light up to tell the others that the poison was food, while they themselves rolled over to the food source and chowed down without emitting so much as a blink.
Source.I think this is awesome. I'm always interested in advances in robotics, and this caught my eye. Could go some way to proving that we have an "inbuilt" survival mechanism that's analagous to a computer.
Any thoughts? How long before robots become sentient and establish a new world order with humans as lowly slaves/pets?
24 January 2008, 17:09 UTC#2
humans are fucked
24 January 2008, 17:16 UTC#3
Its not like the simpsons where toasters will chase us. We'll just have to become more reliant on ourselves for once.
24 January 2008, 17:50 UTC#4
nah man, we fucked up evolution
24 January 2008, 18:02 UTC#5
What are they going to do? Read all our emails and send our post to the wrong addresses?
Just need to kick it old school with little villages we used to have in the year 800.
24 January 2008, 18:41 UTC#6
Thank god I've been preparing for this and the possible Zombie break out since I was 8.
You poor bastards don't have a chance.
24 January 2008, 18:49 UTC#7
What have you got in mind? Sit on the roof of the mall and go AWOL like in that film about some sort of "outbreak".
24 January 2008, 19:38 UTC#8
ha fms your plan sucks, my ultimate plan is a win for sure
24 January 2008, 20:48 UTC#9
I've already taken all of my money out of my bank account and have it all in my pocket right now. That's the first thing they'll do, cripple us financially.
I suggest you do the same.
24 January 2008, 20:51 UTC#10
fuck banks, I use the ole lock box. have 300 in it right now.
24 January 2008, 20:55 UTC#11
QUOTE(Davey Rotten @ Jan 24 2008, 04:51 PM) [snapback]463090[/snapback]
fuck banks, I use the ole lock box. have 300 in it right now.
Precisely.
I just burnt my digital camera and threw my cell phone into the street. My PC's going next.
24 January 2008, 21:02 UTC#12
but I need to burn reign over me spanish version before I huck my pc
24 January 2008, 21:03 UTC#13
QUOTE(Krew @ Jan 24 2008, 05:02 PM) [snapback]463092[/snapback]
but I need to burn reign over me spanish version before I huck my pc
Fuck you. I try my damnedest.
24 January 2008, 21:48 UTC#14
24 January 2008, 22:07 UTC#15
Me and the robots have formed a coalition, I'm safe, the rest of yall are fucked
24 January 2008, 22:31 UTC#16
fake reinsurance
24 January 2008, 23:58 UTC#17
Pss, me and other spambots learned to lie years ago. Do you really think we have Nude Pics of Jessica Alba? NOE!
25 January 2008, 00:04 UTC#18
QUOTE(mako @ Jan 24 2008, 07:58 PM) [snapback]463122[/snapback]
Pss, me and other spambots learned to lie years ago. Do you really think we have Nude Pics of Jessica Alba? NOE!
Win!
25 January 2008, 00:16 UTC#19
LOL!
25 January 2008, 04:31 UTC#20
this is rediculous. the robots didnt learn shit, they didnt go hey im going to lie and do this so I get this, they were programmed to do it.
this is the result of a scientist trying to make his work seem interesting and useful and a reporter trying to cover the next big thing.
25 January 2008, 04:49 UTC#21
QUOTE(Ray @ Jan 24 2008, 06:48 PM) [snapback]463087[/snapback]
I've already taken all of my money out of my bank account and have it all in my pocket right now. That's the first thing they'll do, cripple us financially.
I suggest you do the same.
I agree, either robots or guys dressed in brink suits steal our money.
25 January 2008, 07:45 UTC#22
25 January 2008, 08:14 UTC#23
He's not as innocent as he looks.
25 January 2008, 09:01 UTC#24
Sarah Connor?
25 January 2008, 09:31 UTC#25
No, it's Han.
26 January 2008, 08:12 UTC#26
QUOTE(Krew @ Jan 24 2008, 01:09 PM) [snapback]463057[/snapback]
humans are fucked
AGREED.
27 January 2008, 06:19 UTC#27
Robot evolution = bullshit
27 January 2008, 08:29 UTC#28
They do what we tell them to do, and we will never be smart enough for it to be anything more than that.
27 January 2008, 12:02 UTC#29
QUOTE(Joe. @ Jan 27 2008, 07:19 AM) [snapback]463496[/snapback]
Robot evolution = bullshit
Agreed.
They can only do what we tell them to do. This 'evolution' was obviously programmed to happen.
27 January 2008, 12:12 UTC#30
Exactly, robots don't contain genes that can mutilate and therefore create random genetic changes, survival of the fittest doesn't count.
