Just to add one more bit of humor. Love Auralnauts work.
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Well, Boston Dynamics re-out-did themselves.
look at the sick moves of this robot.
Waaay smoother than I ever was—
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The large snake-like mouth opening wide is a nice touch. (shivers)
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The early days of Boston Dynamics:
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That was pretty awesome. Not f111 awesome, but still awesome
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LOL, definitely!
They’ve made velociraptors…that’s a good idea…
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I have never figured out what we intend to have people do when everything is automated…
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Operate virtual aircraft all day long.
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Depends on how such a society defines the worth of the individual. It could range from “mostly starve but a select few” to “what you think is best/makes you happy”.
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We will all meet in a virtual environment called ”The Matrix”, where we all pretend that we still have lives…
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Now I wonder who will win the battle for that technology. Will it be an MS Matrix, Apple Matrix, or the dark horse Linux Matrix? Personally, I’m hoping for either the Steam Matrix or PornHub Matrix. Hmmm…where to invest my money… 
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This was basically the premise of The Second Renaissance short films from The Animatrix:
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You forgot the new Epic Matrix. Since I live a mile from their HQ, I’m assuming I’ll be among the first they assimilate.
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Unfortunately, I think the first is the more likely of the two options.
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You know…I see these (carefully staged) robot videos and I think, “How cool is that! We should get more of them!”
…and then my AI wingman dies because he ran to of gas because he was too dumb to divert, or flew into a AAA zone that I had clearly told him not to go there and I think, “Yeah…maybe not so much.” 
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Then again, I don’t think the best and the brightest at MIT are making game AI…? I could be wrong, of course. And if they did, it would probably require a neural network computer to run it… 
I just want one to go fetch logs for my fireplace in the winter. He’d be like my mechanical Tauntaun…
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