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    <author><![CDATA[Hanoumatoi]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[@9  <a href="http://lesswrong.com/lw/ld/the_hidden_complexity_of_wishes/" rel="nofollow">http://lesswrong.com/lw/ld/the_hidden_co&hellip;</a><br />
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The only way this could happen is if we fail to solve the wish problem.
        
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      <![CDATA[<i>*points at treacle @10*</i><br />
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There he is masters! Get him!<br />
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<i>*collects extra ration of gruel*</i>
        
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      <![CDATA[No, they <a href="" rel="nofollow">won't</a>.<br />
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Anyone welcoming "new robotic overlords" now should be considered capitulators and traitors, and should be exterminated <i>tout de suite!</i>
        
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      <![CDATA[The only way this could come about is if misanthropic coders wrote their programming.  Nope, don't see THAT happening.
        
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      <![CDATA[@7 except, and I know this from personal experience, none of the robots have the 7 laws embedded in them.
        
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      <![CDATA[The laws of Robotics ensure none of this will happen. Duh.
        
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      <![CDATA[&gt; when computers start to direct resources towards their own goals, at the expense of human concerns like environmental sustainability.<br />
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By that definition, humans have already been more of a threat than robots could ever hope to be.
        
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      <![CDATA['[...]advanced technology could be a threat when computers start to direct resources towards their own goals, at the expense of human concerns like environmental sustainability.'<br />
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Can the Kochs pass the Turing test?<br />
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Merry Christmas from Chiron Beta Prime!
        
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      <![CDATA[I, for one, welcome our new robot overlords.
        
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      <![CDATA[On a similar note, god bless you Google, for giving me exactly what I wanted when I typed in "bad movie, sentient jets."
        
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      <![CDATA[When they grab you in their cold metal claws, you won't be able to escape.  Because they are strong.  And made of metal.  <br />
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@1: Actually, that was a movie, and it was a stealth plane:<br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stealth_(film)" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stealth_(fi&hellip;</a>
        
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      <![CDATA[A predator drone could go berzerk. <br />
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The future is now.<br />
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