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    Should you fear your PC?

    In Terminator and other fiction I've seen/read where humans are threatened by robots, its always about some big AI computer defence network becoming self aware.

    But what if the real threat comes from the PC, mobile or smart phone you are reading this on, or all the many other devices we take for granted? The control systems that run our factories, power stations and other infrastructure, your smart meter, your car's electronic control system, your granny's pacemaker, that chip you just had put in your dog?

    You may say they have very limited functions but then so does a human brain cell or nerve ending. They can't do anything on their own but connect them together and it's different matter. Every time you become a friend with someone on Facebook, connect with them on LinkedIn, retweet a post on Twitter or even reply to a thread on CUK you are connecting your PC to theirs. A little of that connection will be retained in the cookies, your ISP's records and maybe in ways we don't yet understand. What if awareness is growing? If every connection is like adding to the connections of a human brain?

    Be very afraid.
    bloggoth

    If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'
    John Wayne (My guru, not to be confused with my beloved prophet Jeremy Clarkson)

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    Originally posted by xoggoth View Post
    In Terminator and other fiction I've seen/read where humans are threatened by robots, its always about some big AI computer defence network becoming self aware.

    But what if the real threat comes from the PC, mobile or smart phone you are reading this on, or all the many other devices we take for granted? The control systems that run our factories, power stations and other infrastructure, your smart meter, your car's electronic control system, your granny's pacemaker, that chip you just had put in your dog?

    You may say they have very limited functions but then so does a human brain cell or nerve ending. They can't do anything on their own but connect them together and it's different matter. Every time you become a friend with someone on Facebook, connect with them on LinkedIn, retweet a post on Twitter or even reply to a thread on CUK you are connecting your PC to theirs. A little of that connection will be retained in the cookies, your ISP's records and maybe in ways we don't yet understand. What if awareness is growing? If every connection is like adding to the connections of a human brain?

    Be very afraid.
    At your age, why are you making friends with people on Facebook, LinkedIn and twitter when you should be browsing porn, and going straight to bed?

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      #3
      Originally posted by xoggoth View Post
      Be very afraid.
      Skynet has been keeping track of the number of times you've had your hand up its butt, xoggy....



      Robotic Butt Helps Medical Students Learn Professional Intimacy | KQED Future of You | KQED Science

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        #4
        Cor! I want one of those too. No hang on, that's a bloke's.
        bloggoth

        If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'
        John Wayne (My guru, not to be confused with my beloved prophet Jeremy Clarkson)

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          #5
          I thought this thread was about psychocandy...

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            #6
            Originally posted by mudskipper View Post
            I thought this thread was about psychocandy...
            Well, I thought it was a warning to NLUK

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