Google = Skynet?
They've been lying low for a while, slowly but surely drawing their plans against us. Our future masters can now have drivers licenses , it's a slippery slope.
They want your first born too.
Right, history is repeating itself, isn't it?
So, where do I see the ethical line here? I'm actually seeing the same theme presented in the Battlestar Galactica series repeating itself, i.e. man trying to play "god" and create life. Robotic creatures, which man wants to use as good obedient puppets, basically for military purposes, but we're not far from seeing this stuff in everyday activities too: robots butlers, robots to provide inexpensive working hands, etc.
While such a scenario seems far away, I wouldn't be surprised if these would one day rise up and revolt against their oppressive masters - humans.
So google created a neural network, probably resulting in the brains behind our inevitable demise.
However, it seems that even the robots recognise the true rulers of the internet, cats . Even cold heartless robots love kittehs, proving once and for all there's something deeply wrong with people who don't like cats.
Cats are learners and have quickly taken advantage of their future robot slaves:
Am I the only one who wants to see two of these robots square off against each other?
Awesome! But I Think I know how to take that badboy...
Now they are even going to waste!
Fascinating reading an old thread. The cast changes but the roles remain the same.
AI has really changed the robotics situation. But some things never change. The BBC manage to miss the point again. Clever recycling relies on the Swiss style system of separation at point of collection which makes those contrarians who refuse to keep to the rules a hazard to society.
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Also motivates people more if they put a charge on bin bags and make recycling free, forcing people to limit the amount of rubbish they mindlessly chuck out.
Obviously the system isnât perfect but what system is?
The solar system comes close.
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In Switzerland I think itâs only GE that doesnât do this. But I think more pressure needs to be put on the retailer to cut the waste. Was at Coop earlier and, in the produce section, the amount of plastic that is going straight into recycling or the bin is astounding. As a starting point they should be required to take back all their waste and dispose of it properly. Yes they say that will cost more but I think that is not completely true.
Seems to be a sport round these parts. People stand at the recycling cupboards, which also have a couple of rubbish bins, and customers are stripping their shopping down to the bare minimum packaging and dumping all the rest before they even leave.
Our Coop and Migro donât even have poubelles. Itâs clear the people donât want the rubbish in the first place.
Is there a law that requires them to have it?
Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.
â Frank Herbert, Dune
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Yes, shops must take back excess packaging at the time of purchase.
This doesnât mean customers can bring packaging from home back to the shop - if the customer needed the packaging to get the product home safely, then itâs not excess.