If you are a techie, you’re probably aware of or have read one or more Robert Paterson books where the central theme revolves around tech gone bad. As we evolve robots and AI, we are guaranteed to experience a fair share thereof. I am not sure we’ll see an AI driven killer robot that can self replicate, e.g., Skynet, but minor incidents will strew the road to sentience. Here is one such example…
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