We'll be uploading our entire MINDS to computers by 2045 and our bodies will be replaced by machines within 90 years, Google expert claims(Daily Mail)
Fascinating, but disquieting.
We have met the Borg, and they are us!
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Platonian
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We have met the Borg, and they are us!
"It isn't faith that makes good science, Mr. Klaatu, it's curiosity."
Prof. Barnhardt to Klaatu, The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
Prof. Barnhardt to Klaatu, The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
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Teaos
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Re: We have met the Borg, and they are us!
Ethically wont happen that fast.
What does defeat mean to you?
Nothing it will never come. Death before defeat. I don’t bend or break. I end, if I meet a foe capable of it. Victory is in forcing the opponent to back down. I do not. There is no defeat.
Nothing it will never come. Death before defeat. I don’t bend or break. I end, if I meet a foe capable of it. Victory is in forcing the opponent to back down. I do not. There is no defeat.
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Platonian
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Re: We have met the Borg, and they are us!
I hope you're right!Teaos wrote:Ethically wont happen that fast.
"It isn't faith that makes good science, Mr. Klaatu, it's curiosity."
Prof. Barnhardt to Klaatu, The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
Prof. Barnhardt to Klaatu, The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
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Tsukiyumi
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Re: We have met the Borg, and they are us!
Expect a resistance to form...
...and, sign me up for it.
...and, sign me up for it.
There is only one way of avoiding the war – that is the overthrow of this society. However, as we are too weak for this task, the war is inevitable. -L. Trotsky, 1939
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Re: We have met the Borg, and they are us!
My name will be right below yours.Tsukiyumi wrote:Expect a resistance to form...
...and, sign me up for it.
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Mikey
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Re: We have met the Borg, and they are us!
Calm down guys, this is the prediction of an "expert" from the same company that can't make Chrome fill in an auto-fill text box properly.
I can't stand nothing dull
I got the high gloss luster
I'll massacre your ass as fast
as Bull offed Custer
I got the high gloss luster
I'll massacre your ass as fast
as Bull offed Custer
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Kurzweil is bona fide; he knows his stuff. I've been following his career for years, and his theories even closer. He might be wrong on when, but he's not wrong about the potential to do it.
There is only one way of avoiding the war – that is the overthrow of this society. However, as we are too weak for this task, the war is inevitable. -L. Trotsky, 1939
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Re: We have met the Borg, and they are us!
Best to be prepared, methinks. 
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Re: We have met the Borg, and they are us!
RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:Best to be prepared, methinks.
Couldn't agree more!
We should start stockpiling EMP grenades...
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Re: We have met the Borg, and they are us!
I have no doubt about the theoretical potential; the actuality, with all the fiscal and practical prerequisites that entail, is a completely different story.Tsukiyumi wrote:Kurzweil is bona fide; he knows his stuff. I've been following his career for years, and his theories even closer. He might be wrong on when, but he's not wrong about the potential to do it.
I can't stand nothing dull
I got the high gloss luster
I'll massacre your ass as fast
as Bull offed Custer
I got the high gloss luster
I'll massacre your ass as fast
as Bull offed Custer
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Tyyr
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Re: We have met the Borg, and they are us!
It's like fusion power. It'll be in here 50 years, every year.
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Captain Seafort
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Re: We have met the Borg, and they are us!
Then it'll be here eventually then. Fusion might have been 50 years away 60 years ago, but it's only 15-20 years away now. Progress.Tyyr wrote:It's like fusion power. It'll be in here 50 years, every year.
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Re: We have met the Borg, and they are us!
Where is my flying car and two more years for the hover board. Damnit.
"Don't underestimate the power of technobabble: the Federation can win anything with the sheer force of bullshit"
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I want my power laces, dammit!
And slightly more seriously, one cybernetic enhancement from fiction that has ALWAYS squicked me out is anything too invasive, mentally speaking. A wi-fi connection in your head? Count me OUT!
And slightly more seriously, one cybernetic enhancement from fiction that has ALWAYS squicked me out is anything too invasive, mentally speaking. A wi-fi connection in your head? Count me OUT!