The end is nigh, part CXLIV

[TheOriginalHappyGoat]

Scientists have created "living robots," programmable organisms built from frog stem cells.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/13/us/living-robot-stem-cells-intl-hnk-scli-scn/index.html

@Marvin the Martian something tells me this is probably similar to how BSG's "skin jobs" got started.

 

[Marvin the Martian]

I, for one, welcome our cylon overlords.

My first thought, how long after the paper was published did DoD wait to contact the authors? Or more eerie, how far in advance of the research being made public did DoD contact the authors?

 

[CO. Hoosier]

I, for one, welcome our cylon overlords.

Overlords schmoverlords. I can hardly wait to train a blob to walk the dog and take out the trash.

My first thought, how long after the paper was published did DoD wait to contact the authors? Or more eerie, how far in advance of the research being made public did DoD contact the authors?

The other way around according to the linked article.

What's the over and under before PETA claims animal cruelty?

 

[Bulk VanderHuge]

Overlords schmoverlords. I can hardly wait to train a blob to walk the dog and take out the trash.



The other way around according to the linked article.

What's the over and under before PETA claims animal cruelty?

How long before evangelicals start crying about stem cells?

 

[Aloha Hoosier]

How long before evangelicals start crying about stem cells?

They never cried about frog stem cells. Refresh your memory.

 

[VanPastorMan]

They never cried about frog stem cells. Refresh your memory.

Because most of us think those frogs had it coming. lol

 

[tooold4]

Without any Steven King scenarios, the article says machine, but where are the gears? How about the second law of robotics? Of course it's all science fiction but then....well, the future is hard to predict.

For example, “robots” made from DNA and proteins could be used in surgery to correct gene disorders. In theory, these devices should really follow Asimov’s laws. But for them to follow orders via DNA signals they would essentially have to become an integral part of the human they were working on. This integration would then make it difficult to determine whether the robot was independent enough to fall under the laws or operate outside of them. And on a practical level it would be impossible for it to determine whether any orders it received would cause harm to the human if carried out

https://theconversation.com/after-75-years-isaac-asimovs-three-laws-of-robotics-need-updating-74501

 

[DrHoops]

I'm ready to kick back and let them do everything.