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[–] DeathbringerThoctar@lemmy.world 221 points 1 month ago (2 children)

DARPA: "we just finished playing Horizon: Zero Dawn and honestly, we think we can make this idea work."

[–] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 67 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Obligatory "fuck Ted Faro"

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 38 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 38 points 1 month ago (3 children)

It's legit scary to see tech approach the point where private companies might develop systems that could and in some way are endangering humanity as a species, and all their decision-makers are concerned with is corporate success.

[–] No_Eponym@lemmy.ca 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

... to see tech approach the point...

Big oil would like a word, alstarting in 1950 at least.

[–] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 22 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Not to mention literally researching global warming before anyone else bothered, verifying it is happening and that humanity is causing it, then spending decades gaslighting our entire species into widely believing it isn't.

[–] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 month ago

We knew about global warming since 1900. We just didn't care.

Unless.

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My god, what a cunt.

[–] NeryK@sh.itjust.works 30 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Well they are still missing the self replicating part... But you know, give it some time.

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[–] juergen@lemmy.sdf.org 89 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I love how the quote cuts off right before "only goal".

[–] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 59 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oh I assumed it was "our problem"

[–] xantoxis@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

OK I also briefly thought "our problem" but I'm actually PRETTY CONCERNED about the words "only goal" when I really think about it? "Only", as in "Yeah, feeding on humanity is definitely ONE thing we're shooting for, but come on guys, there's lots of applications"

[–] Rooskie91@discuss.online 69 points 1 month ago

Excited for IRL Horizon Zero Dawn.

[–] Gakomi@lemmy.world 60 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Has no one played Horizon Zero Dawn?

[–] No_Eponym@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I guess we are in that timeline. Tbh, so many things make a lot of sense now.

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 10 points 1 month ago

Someone put bullets in Ted faro. Literally screwed humanity as a whole...twice.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I wish we were in the dino robots timeline

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[–] hellfire103@lemmy.ca 46 points 1 month ago
[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 44 points 1 month ago

Breaking: Company creates Torment Nexus

[–] Nobody@lemmy.world 40 points 1 month ago
[–] BudgetBandit@sh.itjust.works 35 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] KaiReeve@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

Even older than that

[–] Wxnzxn@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Oh goddamnit of course he did.

Joe Rogan elicited some conspiracy theories and media rumors after he claimed on his podcast "Joe Rogan Experience" that the robot would (or at least could) ingest human remains to keep powering itself.

[–] Neato@ttrpg.network 31 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Uhh I played this game. It's literally the plot of ::: spoiler Title Spoiled game :::

[–] AnyOldName3@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Your spoiler tag isn't working.

[–] Neato@ttrpg.network 8 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Yeah I can't get any of them to work. Do you know what Lemmy uses?

[–] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 18 points 1 month ago (4 children)
Preview Texthidden content

Preview Texthidden content

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[–] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The format is ::: spoiler and a title on the same line.

Content on new lines, then ::: to end it.

[–] Neato@ttrpg.network 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I've tried every variation and it's not working. This is definitely the most complicated spoiler tag system I've seen.

[–] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

They look like thisIt's an expandable full-width deal. The spoiler start tag has to be on its own line, and the same goes for the ending three commas.

MelodiousFunk has replied with a cleartext example.

[–] Neato@ttrpg.network 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Interesting. I'm using boost and your comment isn't spoiler tagged for me. That's also how mine is currently formatted. Shame since this app has a spoiler tag button that appears to match the format.

[–] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I use Thunder, full support here.

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[–] JackRiddle@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago

This one works on my client, while normal ones don't

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[–] Erasmus@lemmy.world 26 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Now just make them sentient and self replicating and….

[–] Gakomi@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You either get Horizon Zero Down or replicators from Star Gate

[–] Zoot@reddthat.com 10 points 1 month ago

Or paperclips!

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago

Onion? No? Great...

Next up "researchers wondered what would happen if they put AI to a machine that can consume humans for energy"

[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If I'm gonna be eaten by a robot I'd much rather be dead first.

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 6 points 1 month ago

These robots don’t do that part. They will build new robots to make corpses for them.

[–] McWizard@feddit.de 14 points 1 month ago

So it's not supposed to be used to eat the dead, good. OMG. It's supposed to eat the life ones!

[–] trslim@pawb.social 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Sylvartas@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] ghoscht 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] rockerface@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

EDITED BY MAX0R

[–] Shayeta@feddit.de 12 points 1 month ago

Finally! A productive solution to mass graves!

[–] LordOfLocksley@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

Sweet... early stages of the Faro plague

[–] NABDad@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

Years ago I saw an article about a robot designed to hunt and kill insects as a healthier pest control mechanism in farming. That robot would put the insects into a hopper where they would be converted to fuel to run the robot.

I figured it wasn't going to be too long before they'd be eating us.

[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

What have I told you? People are a renewable resource!

  • Galactic Civilizations, evil event choice
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