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Wherein I Actually Advocate Regulation and the Precautionary Principle

April 26, 2012, 2:38 pm

Can we please make sure no one is able to put an AI into this thing.   We definitely don't want it to become self-aware.

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6 Comments

  1. Mad Rocket Scientist:

    Suddenly, I see the basis for a Bolo Mark I

    April 26, 2012, 2:45 pm

  2. Russ R.:

    The fact that a mining company would spend $100m on this single-purpose machine should tell you something about how much value we derive from coal.

    April 26, 2012, 3:06 pm

  3. W. C. Taqiyya:

    Coal? You mean that evil industry Obama saved us from?

    April 26, 2012, 7:57 pm

  4. LoneSnark:

    I disagree. Please put an AI into it. Human beings make mistakes and kill people. Meanwhile, what threat can an AI be? The machine could easily be taken down with a well placed bullet.

    April 26, 2012, 8:25 pm

  5. llo:

    That's the rig that once tried to eat a D8 Cat. Search google images for "bagger 288 bulldozer".

    It turns out it has already become self aware search "bagger 288 photoshop" I think we are going to need more than a well placed bullet, maybe a blue and red peterbuilt and a yellow camero?

    April 26, 2012, 10:04 pm

  6. Andrew:

    They put one of these in the post-apocalyptic video game, Borderlands:
    http://youtu.be/h7p-VzQLjzQ?t=3m56s

    April 27, 2012, 6:38 am