The Coming Zombie Robot Apocalypse of Your Favourite Chair

Generali

Another part of my increasingly irrational obsession:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jenniferhicks/2014/05/25/roombots-modular-robots-that-become-adaptive-furniture/

The whole idea, the researchers admit, sounds a little crazy

A little! It's the upcoming Zombie Robot Apocalypse of your lounge suite and probably Ikea too.

tomterm8

I'm not fond of the idea of my chair being smarter than me...

Generali

tomterm8 wrote: »

I'm not fond of the idea of my chair being smarter than me...

Several posters experience this already:eek:

vivatifosi

I'll settle for a thick but comfortable chair please.

Or is thick un-PC when addressing the subject of a chair's mental capabilities?

ging84

i wouldn't be a fan
constant worry that on the day of the robot apocalypse that you could be sitting in it, and it would simply grow some restraints and then you'd be stuffed.
Imagine if it happened on christmas day and you were trapped in a living room with your family

ging84

Something might be of interest following the robot apocalypse posts

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p01z4rrj/horizon-19771978-now-the-chips-are-down

lots of mentions by some posh guy from 70s telling us that most people will have no jobs and they'll have to come up with some other way of people living meaningful lives when they'll no longer be able to sit on a production line screwing lids on toothpaste tubes for 40 hours a week

globalds

Another milestone for the Zombies.


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/10884839/Computer-passes-Turing-Test-for-the-first-time-after-convincing-users-it-is-human.html

A ''super computer'' has duped humans into thinking it is a 13-year-old boy, becoming the first machine to pass the ''iconic'' Turing Test, experts say

32nd square stuff