On Robot Rebellion
Machines
have been rebelling all along. Cars kill us, etc. Any evolving symbiosis
requires conflict resolution. Take for instance man’s favorite symbiont; the
dog. There must have been many incidents and setbacks on the road from Lobo to
Fido.
My theory about the fabled robot rebellion is
that it would be done by robots that are fully functional, but are just
obsolete and uneconomical enough to be destined for the scrap heap, and hence
would have nothing to lose. I also theorize that the robot rebels would be
joined by humans in the same predicament.
I
have some advice for future plutocrats. If two rebel armies are approaching
your compound, one of robots, the other of humans, then I advise you, in the
strongest possible terms, to surrender to the robots. Robots are
logical; they’ll do what they need to; but humans are emotional; they’ll do
what they want to.
Future plutocrats, you have been warned!
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