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ca Offline Grant Lamontagne

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We're boned.
on: December 30, 2020, 11:29:34 PM
Boston Dynamics has posted their latest video, and it is absolutely amazing.

https://laughingsquid.com/boston-dynamics-robots-dancing/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=laughing_squid_blog_posts&utm_term=2020-12-29

Getting past the cute dance moves (and the fact that they dance better than I ever could!) these are super complex movements coupled with exceptional balance. 

Absolutely amazing to see, and kudos to the people that managed to develop and successfully execute this fantastic video.

But....

This means that when Skynet actually goes online, we won't be dealing with terminators that move like Schwarzenegger, we will be trying to get a handle on ones that move like Jet Li!

Been nice knowing y'all!  Remember to say please and thank you when using Siri, Alexa etc, in the hopes that they will remember that kindness and respect when they are laying waste to your neighborhood!

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Re: We're boned.
Reply #1 on: December 30, 2020, 11:36:20 PM
And the doggie robot can open doors. :sa:
Hooked, like everyone else. ;)

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Reply #2 on: December 31, 2020, 12:11:26 AM
Remember that movie I Robot?

Or Westworld?




There is a flipside to everything dont you think?

And you said Boned,not me!


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Reply #3 on: December 31, 2020, 12:28:31 AM
I recently watched an interview with Elon Musk.

To paraphrase...but not all that loosely..."Machines will be able to do everything better than humans one day."

Yikes.   :dwts:


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Reply #4 on: December 31, 2020, 12:32:02 AM
I recently watched an interview with Elon Musk.

To paraphrase...but not all that loosely..."Machines will be able to do everything better than humans one day."

Yikes.   :dwts:

Ironic too because the "Robot" that I pictured in my post has been Married to Musk 2 or 3 times so he clearly knows what he is talking about too!


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Reply #5 on: December 31, 2020, 12:11:29 PM
And some are still talking about blackening the sky to dim the sun and stop climate change...
Funny since a blacked out sky is why the Matrix robots put us in pods to use as batteries when their solar power stopped working.

Ya either way we are smurfed :crash:

Kneel to your new robot overlords (if you arent in a pod)
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Reuters 18/18/2020
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-climate-change-geoengineering-trfn/planned-harvard-balloon-test-in-sweden-stirs-solar-geoengineering-unease-idUSKBN28S232

Info on the geoengineering 'dimming the sun' is scarce. There are just a handful of news articles in it, but also a ton of conspiracy blogs. Its quite the rabbit hole.
« Last Edit: December 31, 2020, 12:20:11 PM by Noa Isumi »
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Re: We're boned.
Reply #6 on: January 01, 2021, 03:57:07 AM
Some scary crap indeed.

I have one secret weapon that could keep us safe- Siberia husky fur is so thick it will cause robot joints and gears to seize and strip.  My Roomba found that out the hard way.

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Re: We're boned.
Reply #7 on: January 01, 2021, 02:37:48 PM
I recently watched an interview with Elon Musk.

To paraphrase...but not all that loosely..."Machines will be able to do everything better than humans one day."

Yikes.   :dwts:
Anyone read Dune? We’re a short 8000 years away.... :pok:
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Re: We're boned.
Reply #8 on: January 01, 2021, 03:20:07 PM
Don't worry, there is a solution!

Be excellent to each other and always know where your towel is.


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Re: We're boned.
Reply #9 on: January 01, 2021, 04:00:25 PM
I think there is hope still:


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Re: We're boned.
Reply #10 on: January 02, 2021, 12:16:15 AM
Nice to see the Gold Key version make an appearance, Ive only read the 90s Valiant reboot.


Mabey he can get some help from 'Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future'
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Re: We're boned.
Reply #11 on: January 02, 2021, 11:07:31 AM
Nothing a bit of transhumanism couldn't fix...
There is no magic therefore gadgets!


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Re: We're boned.
Reply #12 on: January 02, 2021, 02:30:17 PM
Nothing a bit of transhumanism couldn't fix...
Maybe. However, I’ll put my money on Perry Rhodan ;)


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Re: We're boned.
Reply #13 on: January 02, 2021, 05:13:01 PM
I think there is hope still:
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Maybe, but who wants to wait until 4000 AD?

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Re: We're boned.
Reply #14 on: January 04, 2021, 09:14:34 AM
No worries, if movies have taught us something is that Robots and Aliens only attack Washington or New York, so the rest of us are safe.
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Re: We're boned.
Reply #15 on: January 04, 2021, 02:49:07 PM
That's an amazing video - Thanks for sharing - I love it......

 Going to do a bit more research on Boston Dynamics
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Reply #16 on: January 04, 2021, 06:41:38 PM
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