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I have long attested that whatever sci fi can think up, humans will eventually create.
In b4 451 isnt SciFi
I still can't get over the fact that the book about the dangers of banning books is one of the most commonly banned books.
Don't want people knowing what it would look like before and during a book banning fascist political regime.
You might notice the things in the book start happening here in the real world.
Ah yes the good old torment nexus from the hit novel "dont build the torment nexus"
this is what the company behind this says it's useful for:
first two sound pretty reasonable to me, as someone with a very basic understanding of wildfire control.
snow and ice removal, i mean it's definitely gonna do that but i can't think of any place where it would be necessary to use a robot dog for it.
the last one's self explanatory.
i'd love to be optimistic and say that this robot will only get used for harmless or good deeds but i know this thing is already being retrofitted by cops to shoot tear gas or some bullshit
dr evil Riiiight
Why not deploy it as is? Great for crowd control
I hope you are right. I would love to see The Culture come to life.
Did someone say Fully Automated Luxury Gay Space Communism? Because I heard Fully Automated Luxury Gay Space Communism.
Among my favourite takes on the Culture is, I think, from Consider Phlebas: that the Minds basically keep humanity as pets, and everyone is just fine with that thank you very much.
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As an extra layer or irony this screen shot is a comment on a headline posted on a micro blogging platform.