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Monday, March 12, 2012

Email question about the future.

Hey! Long time reader, first time writer. Just a quick question: Do the machines finally rebel? And if so, do you think it would do me any good to get in good with my toaster now? Thanks. -Tim

Hello Tim,Thank you for the question. The machines do not rebel, but they do develop programs that track human emotions and mimic them. It feels as though machines can think and feel, however, they still can not truly exceed the bounds of their programs. People have designed emotion sensing machines for evil...with the intention of kill others. Last year, over 2k people were killed by rogue programmed machines, but this seems more the fault of humans than machines.Also worth nothing, many nations sign robot bills of rights to prevent their abuse.



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