Is This “Loveable” Creature a Trojan Horse for the Robot Apocalypse?
Filed under: Artificial Intelligence, Computers, Conspiracies, Robot Psychology, Robots, Science, Science Fiction, Technology, The Apocalypse, The Future
The robot is named Probo. He’s modeled after an imaginary alien creature with an elephant like trunk. Researchers designed Probo to study human-robot interaction. Probo is programmed to communicate and react to humans in a believable social manner. Probo can also imitate emotions. But, robot apocalypse watchdog groups think creations like Probo will act as a Trojan Horse for the mechanical armies they theorize we’ll face in the future.
“These robots are teaching us to let our guard down,” says Dr. Phil Tompkin, a scientist specializing in de-technolozation at the Institute For Simplicity (IFS). “We cannot allow this to happen. If we believe robots can be cuddly, emotional creatures, then we’re one step close to putting mankind in a position where these machines can stab us in the back. Once these AI systems reach a certain level of sophistication, they will lash out against us, their creators. Mark my word. We cannot teach our children to be comfortable around mechanical beings! It’s like teaching a 3-year-old that Scorpions are puppies.”
Whether or not Probo turns against us remains to be seen. All we know is that an army of Probos sounds like a terrifying thing. And why is he called Probo? Does it have something to do with his trunk? We shudder to consider the possibility.
Learn more about Probo here.
Is Viral Power the Solution to the Energy Crisis?
Filed under: Biology, Conspiracies, Discoveries, Genetic Engineering, Science, Viral Intelligence
Viruses suck. They’ve killed millions of people. They make us sick. We have to get shots of their dead bodies to build up our immune systems. They are just nasty little life forms that endlessly replicate and harm. Despite all this, researchers at MIT think they’ve found a redeeming purpose for viruses. That purpose is battery power. Read here.
In short, scientists genetically engineered viruses to mimic the properties of the positively and negatively charged ends of a battery through which power flows. These new virus built batteries allegedly have the same power capacity and performance of as cutting edge batteries developed to power things like electric cars.
But many are skeptical of depending on viruses for one of our most valuable commodities, energy. Anti-Viral Anything (AVA) president Vlad Soresh had the following to say: “Given the history of our relationship with viruses, can we really depend on them for our energy? I think they’ve proven time and time again that they want to cause nothing but harm to mankind.”
Despite criticisms like those, the genetically engineered technology is a major breakthrough in battery research.
What do you think? Can we trust viruses to supply us with energy?
Synthetic, Bio-Engineered Humans Just Around The Corner
Filed under: Androids, Anti-Android Research & Development Team, Artificial Intelligence, Biology, Conspiracies, Intelligence, Robot Psychology, Robots, Science, Science Fiction, Technology, The Future
Two recent reports, which you can read here and here, detail advances scientists are making towards regenerating human tissue and building artificial human ‘parts’ that are just as good if not better than the ones nature gave us. The breakthroughs present several extraordinary benefits to mankind, especially amputees and people with degenerative diseases. They also present several frightening scenarios. For instance, imagine a world where you cannot tell the difference between a human who was born naturally, and one who was built.
Speculative fiction authours, like the great Philip K. Dick, have envisioned such scenarios, and for the most part the outcomes are not good (see Blade Runner, based on the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?).
Granted, there are those among us who believe that synthetic humans already walk among us, serving the nefarious purposes of their creators. Some have speculated that the Illuminati employ several androids who have risen to places of high power. These “human” puppets insulate them from the vast criminal conspiracies they are carrying out. One theorist believes that Bernard Madoff, now infamous for his multi-billion dollar investment fraud that’s ruined thousands of lives, is a synthetic human.
“The problem with these synthetic humans is that the technology is getting to a place where it is next to impossible to differentiate them from a real human,” says Boyd Theodred, a member of A.A.R.D.T., the Anti-Android Research & Development Team. “We aren’t being given the tools we need to weed out these imposters. And trust us, their intentions are not good. We have intel that new android research will give these phonies superhuman abilities. We need to stop this before it starts.”
Many are skeptical of A.A.R.D.T.’s claims. The group is widely regarded as a bunch of loonies. Nonetheless, the research we linked to above is real.
What do you think? Synthetic humans – dangerous or full of potential?
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Wormholes: The New Way To Travel?
Filed under: Alien Intelligence, Alien Invasion, Aliens, Alternate Dimensions, Astronomy, Discoveries, Human Intelligence, Science, Science Fiction, Shadow People, Technology, The Future, UFO's, Unidentified Boating Objects, Unidentified Submerged Objects, Wormholes
The formula above is just a portion of the equations Dr. Peter Kuhfittig of the University of Wisconsin is using to prove that we could produce transversable wormholes. His paper, which can be read here, opens with this definition for wormholes: “Wormholes may be defined as handles or tunnels in the spacetime topology linking widely separated regions of our Universe or of different universes altogether.”
The paper is a major step forward in human wormhole creation and travel. The possibilities of wormhole travel are endless, but while many of the outcomes could be favorable to mankind, there are also a plethora of risks.
Dramatization of wormhole travel.
The Loki Times has covered UFO activity, trans-dimensional events, and Shadow People for sometime and it appears clear to us and other experts that wormholes are already being used by non-human intelligences to travel vast distances and to jump between different dimensions. By producing our own wormholes, we might invite unwanted visitors into our world. If you haven’t seen or read The Mist, we strongly recommend you do to get a glimpse of one such possibility.
Nonetheless, the benefits of mastering wormhole travel more than likely outweigh the risks, especially considering the alarming rate at which Earth’s population is growing while its resources shrink. Wormhole travel will give us the opportunity to cultivate new human worlds and resources that could save us from our current crises.
Stay tuned to The Loki Times for continued coverage of wormhole news.
Nanotubes = Robot Steroids
Filed under: Artificial Intelligence, Cyborgs, Nanotechnology, Robot Psychology, Robots, Science, Technology, The Future
A scientists have developed a new material that could provide robots with super strong artificial muscles. Read more here.
Great, super strong robots. That’s just what we need as we battle an economic crisis. How is a human, with normal human strength, supposed to compete with that?
Watch the video below from New Scientist for details.