The Robots are coming (Page 45) ghostgeek: No need for air tanks or loos. Just mindless travel at the speed of light until it's time to convert back to lumpy old matter. Perfect for those long trips. ghostgeek: A quantum leap in the wrong direction is all it takes, as with most advances towards Godhood. ghostgeek: Yeah, that's the trouble with gods, they don't have staying power. A few thousand years and they're gone. Fractured fairy tale: Don't know how you come to that Conclusion .NASA is still worshiping the Greek Gods . As to why Mars and Saturn are so Important to them ghostgeek: Never heard that those NASA bods were getting down on their knees and praying to Odin when things went pear shaped. ghostgeek: Mars, of course, is where they're going to send you when it's time to pay you your pension. Out of sight, out of any reason to give you your cash. ghostgeek: And Saturn will fill in nicely as a celestial graveyard for your ashes when you pop your clogs. Fractured fairy tale: In the meanwhile they will keep pushing the age of Retirement up . Work till you drop. So they can start there brave new Worlds (Edited by Fractured fairy tale) kittybobo34: Now that Gov. debt is at 23 trillion and rising fast, they will go broke paying the growing numbers of retirees what they are owed. ghostgeek: Scientists have used artificial intelligence to uncover new types of antibiotics in the face of growing concerns about resistance to the drugs. A group of researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) say their machine-learning algorithm was able to identify a powerful new antibiotic compound, capable of killing some of the world’s most problematic disease-causing bacteria. They claim the technology is able to work more quickly and efficiently than existing systems, because it checks more than a hundred million chemical compounds in a matter of days to pick out potential antibiotics that kill bacteria. [ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/ai-antibiotic-drug-resistant-disease-halicin-artificial-intelligence-a9348716.html ] ghostgeek: I'm starting to think that A.I. will keep us alive no matter what so that it has a purpose. Eternal life whether you want it or not. ghostgeek: I believe the Japanese are developing a robot that feels pain. Seems they won't be happy until their creations are as miserable as their creators. | Politics Chat Room 38 People Chatting Similar Conversations |