Minds in the 21st century.

When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong.

Arthur C. Clarke's 1 law.


At the present rate of progress, it is almost impossible to imagine any technical feat that cannot be achieved - if it can be achieved at all - within the next few hundred years.

Arthur C. Clarke, 1983.

Sunday, April 11, 2010

Top 10 reasons why people don't like robots

1. They will kill us.
2. They will turn us into slaves.
3. They destroy the free will.
4. They make sex old-fashioned.
5. They make us depressed over life's brevity.
6. They are annoyingly fearless.
7. They are ugly.
8. They destroy our memories.
9. They undermine human rights.
10. They are new and annoying.

More at:
http://www.simonlaub.net/Robot/whypeopledontlikerobots.html

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