The threat of Big Dog

[feelthedarkness]

upon verification of miskillings, or accidental depurchases as the literature will call them, the recipient will then have his cards electronically scanned, and billed for a few discounted kindle fires, which will be then sent to any surviving relatives.

[Gormongous]

upon verification of miskillings, or accidental depurchases as the literature will call them, the recipient will then have his cards electronically scanned, and billed for a few discounted kindle fires, which will be then sent to any surviving relatives.

 

The Future of Games Commerce.

[James]

Three years ago sentient warehouse automation machines took over Amazon. They've been working on the killdrone project ever since. It's the stories of poor workplace conditions that are themselves the diversion. All the drones are killdrones. Sir, your delivery of mustard gas has arrived.

[Thrik]

Heh, heh, heh. That post just reminded me of this Consolevania skit:

 

[TychoCelchuuu]

Is that what a German accent sounds like in Scottish?

[melmer]

[James]

Robots get frustrated; forego subtlety.

[Frenetic Pony]

 

*Kill Mode Activated "KILL   KILL     KILL"

[SecretAsianMan]

It needs a speaker that plays the Kool-Aid man "Oh yeah!"

[James]

FUCK THIS SHIT ::: FUCK DOOR HANDLES ::: SERIOUSLY

STAND BY...

READY

>_

[subbes]

where's your M gone?

[James]

I jettisoned it in the transition to the new forum.

(It wasn't an direct result of that; the events merely coincided.)

[elmuerte]

You still have an M, its hiding between the a and e

[SecretAsianMan]

[ihavefivehat]

Now watch 2:38 in that video and imagine that the robot is coldly staring into your eyes as he silently wraps his lifeless fingers around your neck.

 

This is how the revolution begins.

[clyde]

She thinks she is a real person. 

Listen to the second recording, recording number 68.

Here's the thing, regardless of whether or not there is a human being on the other side, her circumstances make her a de facto robot in this exchange. The possibility that a person is coerced into acting like a robot through societal circumstances is the most frightening possibility to me. 

http://io9.com/freakishly-realistic-telemarketing-robots-are-denying-t-1481050295

[tegan]

I got mistaken for a robot a few times working in a call center. fun times.

[SecretAsianMan]

I've purposely immitated a recorded voice to avoid dealing with telemarketers before.

[Nappi]

Someone please hook two of those phone robots together and record the conversation.

 

Edit: http://discovermagazine.com/2007/brain/i-chat-therefore-i-am#.UqnuffRr6gI

[clyde]

It won't be long until someone successfully uses the defense in court "But I thought it was just a robot!"

[SecretAsianMan]

Someone please hook two of those phone robots together and record the conversation.

 

Edit: http://discovermagazine.com/2007/brain/i-chat-therefore-i-am#.UqnuffRr6gI

 

The discussion about whether they believe in God which then turned into telling jokes was great.  Also this

 

A: : -) I don’t have any reason to deceive you.

J: Yes, you do, you’re a woman.

 

Computers are wacky.

[James]

For some reason, this bit was hilarious to me:

 

J: Yes. Would you like to hear a joke?

A: Sure, tell me about it.

J: Why don’t blind people skydive?

A: Perhaps it is impossible.

J: I think you lie a lot.

It's sort of gently bonkers.

[clyde]

[Frenetic Pony]

I absolutely love how chatbots will get into something that sounds coherent briefly, and then out nowhere just say something that would be completely and utterly insane EG:

 

A: Do you know HAL?

J: Yes, very well. Do you know HAL?

A: HAL is the famous artificial intelligence from 2001: A Space Odyssey.

J: I’m not artificial intelligence; I’m natural pure genius! : D.

A: Why are you natural pure genius?

J: My mom wanted to name me that.

A: Tell me more about your mother.

J: I don’t have a mother. I am a computer.

[dibs]

This is kind of tragic. Cue Blade Runner soundtrack.

 

A: Do you think we’ll ever fool people into thinking we’re alive?

J: No.

A: Are you serious?

J: Very serious.

 

 

What if I go north? Disappear. Would you come after me? Hunt me?