Fears of humanoid robots mostly come from science fiction, like the Terminator. Things that are like us, but stronger, faster, smarter, make for frightening villains. It goes way back. Robots, supervillains, demons, demigods, etc. 2/x
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So while humanoid robots are often the bad guys in movies--Terminator, Ultron, the Will Smith version of I, Robot--the real killer machines of the future will be various shapes and sizes, with a superhuman ability to coordinate group actions. Feel better now?
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@ibtauris in my head: "You wrote a thread on killer robots and you didn't plug the book? Plug the book!" Ok fine. "Drones and Terrorism"--Covers some of the stuff in this thread and more unsettling awesomeness. Available now. (END) https://www.amazon.com/Drones-Terrorism-Asymmetric-Warfare-Security/dp/1784538302/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1522173339&sr=8-1&keywords=drones+terrorism&dpID=61VwSgYN1OL&preST=_SY291_BO1,204,203,200_QL40_&dpSrc=srch …Show this thread
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