Robots to demand equal rights. by Cybersnark

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Robots to demand equal rights.

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UPDATED: Friday, December 22, 2006 08:32
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Friday, December 22, 2006 7:31 AM

Or humanity will be EX-TER-MIN-ATED.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6200005.stm

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Robots could one day demand the same citizen's rights as humans, according to a study by the British government.

If granted, countries would be obliged to provide social benefits including housing and even "robo-healthcare", the report says.

The predictions are contained in nearly 250 papers that look ahead at developments over the next 50 years.

Other papers, or "scans", examine the future of space flight and methods to dramatically lengthen life spans.

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We applied the cortical electrodes but were unable to get a neural reaction from either patient.

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Friday, December 22, 2006 7:59 AM

DTUCK

"You will perish by maximum deletion."

"Don't I have any choice in the matter?"

"There is a single alternative."

"Yes, yes, what is it!?"

"Green... card..."

"Um. Okay?"

"Though inefficient, you will be spared."

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The best way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it.

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Friday, December 22, 2006 8:32 AM

DARKJESTER

"They're gonna want a union soon,
Oil break that's dead on noon..."

MAL "You only gotta scare him."
JAYNE "Pain is scary..."

http://www.fireflytalk.com - Big Damn Podcast

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