Robots

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Remember the year 2000 when everyone was freaking out about their computers not being able to handle the change from 99 to 00? What was that all about? I fear that mankind has far too little confidence in their robotic creations. On the other hand, do we have too much confidence in our mechanical friends? There is a thin line between the two and I intend on presenting both sides of that line!

Robots are our friends: There are plenty of great examples out there of robots and humans getting along. Take for example the computer you are infront of right now, without that computer where would you be? You'd probably be bored. Robots

do so much for us, like cleaning our floors and tease our cats (as seen here with the Roomba):

Robots tell us what time it is and connect our phone calls. They are responsible for life support machines in hospitals and they cook our frozen burritos and nachos. Think of how much work we would have to do if we couldn't rely on machines! We would be stuck in the dark ages with who knows what kind of diseases! Robots like R2D2, C3PO, WALL-E, Stephan Hawking, the Terminator, Inspector Gadget, the Tin Man, the Canada Space Arm, toilets, automated telephone operators, wrist watches, Optimus Prime, the iPod, your mom's mixer, Mega Man, and Dr. Emmett Brown's robotic breakfast machine from Back to the Future are all patriots of a friendly and long lasting relationship between humans and the mechanical world. For the most part it is also important to note that robots never ask for anything in return. What have you done for a robot?

Robots are evil: Although it is difficult to find hard evidence that evil robots do exist, there are still a lot to speculate about. Like how many limbs, heads, or digits have been lost

at the "hands" of a machine? Most of the time it is the fault of weak human minds and flesh that such accidents happen, but on the rare occasion an evil robot may be to blame! Rouge robots can cause a lot of problems, just look at Hal from 2001: a Space Odyssey (right).

Or how about Dr. Octopus (Spiderman 2, 2004), or the Matrix, or even the Borgs? We just have to face the facts: There are and probably always will be evil robots out there that are bent on making humans suffer. Maybe we are to blame, who knows? I mean we try and push technology to the next level year after year, but when is it going to stop? The answer: Probably not until a robot has ripped the roof off your house and stolen your children to use as power sources to run their complicated machinery! Only the simplest of robots can be truly trusted.

For now it is probably enough to just know that there is a possibility that robotic uprising could occur in the future, little more thought or action is required beyond this. I like robots. Do I trust them with my life?? That depends. Do I think that robots will take over? Well, that also depends. As long as I have the upper hand I think that me and robots will get along just fine. I am excited to see what is coming next. What the heck is the next iPhone going to look like for example? I hope that it can fly. If I were the king of the world, I would definitely get robotic extendable arms.

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