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Humanity is DOOMED

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by KingCheetah, Feb 27, 2011.

  1. Yung-T

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    That's a pretty turrible bot if it doesn't stop movement/pressure when faced with a severe resistance, especially when used in public with no barriers.
     
  2. KingCheetah

    KingCheetah Atomic Playboy
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  3. Dr of Dunk

    Dr of Dunk Clutch Crew

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    Imma just use my fingers to pick up that french fry, but you do you ...
     
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  4. KingCheetah

    KingCheetah Atomic Playboy
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    DALL-E AI: last selfie on earth
     
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  5. Xerobull

    Xerobull ...and I'm all out of bubblegum
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    Is that the ballroom music from The Shining?
     
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  6. boomboom

    boomboom I GOT '99 PROBLEMS

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    Skynet gonna put Banksy out of work.
     
  7. jiggyfly

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    Only a serial killer would think of that.

    It is cool though.;)
     
  8. KingCheetah

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    I stole errrr borrowed from @omgTHEpotential -- not sure, but it's perfect for that creepy sh*t.
     
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  9. Dr of Dunk

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    Looks like it's "It's Just a Burning Memory" by The Caretaker... kinda peppy... can drink a coke to it ...

     
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  10. Rashmon

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    It's alive...

    Scientists Bring Cells in Dead Pigs Back to Life

    Scientists say the accomplishment may be the first step in making more organs available for transplant
    Will Sullivan August 10, 2022 8:00 a.m.
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    A pig steps into the sun in England. Cellular activity was returned to the organs of a dead pig after a recent experiment. Nathan Stirk / Getty Images
    Nature News’ Max Kozlov. But the findings, which were published last week in the journal Nature, challenge the notion that cardiac death can’t be reversed, according to Wired.

    The researchers hope the finding is an early step in the effort to be able to make more human organs available for transplant long after death, writes Gina Kolata for the New York Times. But such applications are still a ways off. The technology the researchers used is “very far away from use in humans,” Stephen Latham, a bioethicist at Yale University who worked closely with the researchers, tells the Times.

    The study highlights the idea that death is not a moment but a process, Arthur Caplan, a bioethicist at New York University who was not involved in the study, tells Nature News.

    The researchers conducted a similar experiment in 2019, connecting the heads of dead pigs to a system that circulated a fluid through the pigs’ brains, writes Brendan Parent, the director of transplant ethics and policy research at New York University’s Grossman School of Medicine, in a commentary about the new research published in Nature. The pigs had been decapitated for food production four hours prior, but the researchers were able to revive the activity of some brain cells. At the time, University of Pennsylvania bioethicist Jonathan Moreno, who was not affiliated with the research, told the Times that “if ever there was an issue that merited big public deliberation on the ethics of science and medicine, this is the one.” The findings blurred the line between what it means for a brain to be alive versus dead and raised questions about how patients who have experienced extensive brain damage should be treated.

    The study raises ethical questions, particularly if the system is one day used to restore brain activity after death, Dr. Nita Farahany, a neuroethicist at Duke University, tells Nature News. The Times noted that the solution the researchers used included nerve blockers that would ensure the brain was not active during the experiment.

    Dr. Deepali Kumar, president of the American Society of Transplantation and professor of medicine at the University of Toronto, tells Wired’s Emily Mullin that the system could eventually be used to make more human organs available for transplant. “There is a significant shortage of organs for transplantation, and we certainly need new technologies that can help improve the organ supply,” she says.
     
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  11. Buck Turgidson

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    boomboom I GOT '99 PROBLEMS

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    So much for "at'll do pig, at'll do".
     
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    boomboom I GOT '99 PROBLEMS

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    It's all fun and games until they become sentient. Then ish gets real.
     
  15. Invisible Fan

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    We need a ban on semi-autonomous devices before drones with small explosive charges start raining down on random people with AI recognized faces.

    Might need a figurehead like Princess Di with landmines to get this rolling.
     
  16. Ottomaton

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    Meh. Cheap Russian knockoff of Boston Dynamics robo-dog. Just surround it with Ukranians. Humanity saved.
     
  17. Blatz

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    An RPG armed Robo Ninja Dog
     
  18. KingCheetah

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    It will be very creepy when these robot dogs are able to speak in complete sentients.

    @gifford1967
     
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  19. Ottomaton

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    Is that an intentional malaproposm? Or just a happy accident?
     
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  20. KingCheetah

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    Is malapropism when you have a bent weiner?

    @Jontro
     

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