DARPA: “we just finished playing Horizon: Zero Dawn and honestly, we think we can make this idea work.”
Well they are still missing the self replicating part… But you know, give it some time.
The machines will code that themselves.
Apparently its the other way around. This tech is old: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2009/jul/19/robots-research
News to me. I loved the game andI really thought the plot was original.
Has no one played Horizon Zero Dawn?
I knew it was old news! I read this article 8 years ago
Even older than that
Oh goddamnit of course he did.
Joe Rogan elicited some conspiracy theories and media rumors after he claimed on his podcast “Joe Rogan Experience” that the robot would (or at least could) ingest human remains to keep powering itself.
Breaking: Company creates Torment Nexus
Onion? No? Great…
Next up “researchers wondered what would happen if they put AI to a machine that can consume humans for energy”
Now just make them sentient and self replicating and….
You either get Horizon Zero Down or replicators from Star Gate
Sweet… early stages of the Faro plague
Years ago I saw an article about a robot designed to hunt and kill insects as a healthier pest control mechanism in farming. That robot would put the insects into a hopper where they would be converted to fuel to run the robot.
I figured it wasn’t going to be too long before they’d be eating us.
What have I told you? People are a renewable resource!
- Galactic Civilizations, evil event choice
