I for one welcome our new alien overlords.

[piasharn]

"Self-replicating robots could be the solution to making first contact with an alien civilization."

Perhaps I read/watch too much science fiction, but does anyone else see how this could go horribly, horribly wrong? If the robots don't gain sentience and rebel on their human oppressors, then the aliens they contact may very well destroy us all.

Of course, imagine hanging out in the afterlife with everyone else and having this conversation:

"So, how'd you die?"

"War."

"Heart attack."

"Cancer."

"Car accident."

"Overdose."

"Alien invasion."

Yeah, that'd be a pretty cool way to go.

Comments

[hiyami.livejournal.com]

Yes, self-replicating robots raise a few alarms in my head as well...
I think apart from the obvious Terminator reference, I read a Stephen King novel set in the present that had cars and factory robots becoming sentient and building more sentient vehicles.