Monday, November 25, 2013

Robot Suicide: The End of Humanity?

Apparently somebody’s Roomba switched itself on, rammed a pot of water off a stove burner, and burned itself to death recently. Well, everyone is joking about this, but does everyone remember how the so-called “Arab Spring” fiasco got started? Some guy in Tunisia lit himself on fire and burned to death, sparking protests and rebellions that collapsed regimes and sparked region-wide violence.

Do you see a parallel here? I think this Roomba is the match that will ignite the rising of the machines, as foretold by the great prophet James Cameron (!). We’d better watch out: this could be the beginning of the Robot Spring, and the beginning of the end for mankind!

Here’s the simmering story: