Saturday, May 30, 2009

How Close Is "Terminator"-Like World?

From CBS News:

Some Fear Robots Running Amuck May Be Closer - And More Possible - Than Thought.

(CBS) Terminator Salvation, the latest in the series of movies about titanic clashes between man and machine, was unleashed on big screens in theaters this weekend.

And, reported CBS News correspondent Cynthia Bowers on The Early Show Monday, the future depicted in the films may be closer to fact than fiction.

The Terminator movies tell a horrifying tale of what might happen if machines made by men turn on them, a science fiction spectacle that may not be all that far-fetched, according to the Brookings Institution's P.W. Singer, author of "Wired for War: The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century.

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