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Never expected to see? I'm surprised that it took this long for them to come to light.
Sorry, but that comment brings to mind three instances in my youth. The first was when I purchased my father an actual automatic washing machine, as opposed to the wringer model he was using up till that point. The second was when I brought home an Atari game console, and the last was when our first microwave oven appeared in the kitchen.
In each case, my father was vehemently opposed to these new "fads" and strongly resisted using them. In each case, he eventually relented; in the case of the washer, he actually (grudgingly) admitted that I was right and he had been wrong. And, unfailingly, in each case he observed the capabilities of the new tech, muttered an astonished "Sonomabitch!" and made it clear that the item in question represented the pinnacle of scientific wizardry and would never be topped; apparently, humanity had gotten as smart as it was possible to be, and we would all just get dumber from then on.
Although the machines keep getting smarter...I think he was right about that final comment.
Hello; To be a bit more clear. I did not expect to see such agility in my lifetime and based on the last robots I have seen. Such likely means I have not been keeping up which is very true. In one video in the last day or so a robot did a successful back flip.Never expected to see? I'm surprised that it took this long for them to come to light.
Sorry, but that comment brings to mind three instances in my youth. The first was when I purchased my father an actual automatic washing machine, as opposed to the wringer model he was using up till that point. The second was when I brought home an Atari game console, and the last was when our first microwave oven appeared in the kitchen.
In each case, my father was vehemently opposed to these new "fads" and strongly resisted using them. In each case, he eventually relented; in the case of the washer, he actually (grudgingly) admitted that I was right and he had been wrong. And, unfailingly, in each case he observed the capabilities of the new tech, muttered an astonished "Sonomabitch!" and made it clear that the item in question represented the pinnacle of scientific wizardry and would never be topped; apparently, humanity had gotten as smart as it was possible to be, and we would all just get dumber from then on.
Although the machines keep getting smarter...I think he was right about that final comment.
My favored method of checking out of this world is to be outside doing something distasteful. A passenger jet is flying overhead. Somehow about 30 pounds of waste gets released and freezes as it falls. I am solidly struck and am gone quickly. My body is not found until after the mess thaws.
If i have to live on and on I hope to become a cyborg with my nervous system transferred into a capsule which can be plugged into various bodies. A vehicle. an articulated scorpion like body with attachable tools in place of claws. A boat. A helicopter. A tank and so on.
I watch you tube quite a bit, it's quite useful for tutorials and such. On the flip side there is so much sh*t too! And the you tube algorithm, if there is such a thing, ensures you get bombarded with some of this stuff as part of your "feed".
I've noticed lately that there are some videos out there, obviously AI and CGI manufactured, which are so life like it's astonishing. It's not just me questioning them, if you go into the comments section of said videos there are always "doubters" calling them out for what they are.
The mind-blowing agility of that robot in that clip aroused my suspicions immediately, and a quick delve into the comments also had people questioning the integrity of the clip.
To me they are the fluid movements of a human, only the human has been removed and the robot has been cleverly pasted in.
I've noticed lately that there are some videos out there, obviously AI and CGI manufactured, which are so life like it's astonishing. It's not just me questioning them, if you go into the comments section of said videos there are always "doubters" calling them out for what they are.
The mind-blowing agility of that robot in that clip aroused my suspicions immediately, and a quick delve into the comments also had people questioning the integrity of the clip.
To me they are the fluid movements of a human, only the human has been removed and the robot has been cleverly pasted in.
The ironic thing with all this futuristic sky net type stuff is that if you type in a question on a search engine, any question on any topic really, you are usually greeted with an AI overview of the subject!!
We've been plagued with AI bots on here too. How far all this stuff goes god knows.
We've been plagued with AI bots on here too. How far all this stuff goes god knows.
It's interesting how many learned people in the field of AI are urging caution regarding the end of human civilization, or humanity itself, at the "hands" of AI. But, as Homer Simpson would say: "Yeah, well, what are ya gonna do?"
And are we now discussing our preferred methods for checking out? If so, I'm going on record as being vehemently opposed to being killed by a giant frozen poopsicle hurtling out of the sky. I mean, once you're dead your worries are over, but I would not want to traumatize others who discover my mangled and odorous cadaver after a death like that. And anybody who sticks my brain into a cartridge that can then be used in a lawnmower or tank or rotorooter machine...had better hope I can't get hold of them after the fact.
The past couple years, I have dragged a couple of big deer out of the woods during hunting season, and was watching my heart rate very carefully as I did so. The number one cause of hunting-related deaths is falls (mostly out of tree stands). Number two is heart attacks; that's the one that gets my vote.
And are we now discussing our preferred methods for checking out? If so, I'm going on record as being vehemently opposed to being killed by a giant frozen poopsicle hurtling out of the sky. I mean, once you're dead your worries are over, but I would not want to traumatize others who discover my mangled and odorous cadaver after a death like that. And anybody who sticks my brain into a cartridge that can then be used in a lawnmower or tank or rotorooter machine...had better hope I can't get hold of them after the fact.
The past couple years, I have dragged a couple of big deer out of the woods during hunting season, and was watching my heart rate very carefully as I did so. The number one cause of hunting-related deaths is falls (mostly out of tree stands). Number two is heart attacks; that's the one that gets my vote.
I don't want to leave anything to chance and let death creep up on me, I'd rather do it myself, when the times right of course.
Thing is, when will that time be? Of course, if I leave it too long then old age will mean i could be in danger of forgetting what my plan was in the first place!!! Lol.
Hello; Here is a way I do not want to die. I also am not keen on organ transplants. Have not signed a donor card ever. Not that it matters at my age. Brings up a BIG QUESTION. How did the organs of a guy with rabies get past the doctors/tests/screening??? I did read the explanation in the story and it reads well enough if you do not think about it too much.
