Robotic Invasion!!!

A. and I were chatting this evening about how it's interesting when people dismiss a lot of sci-fi, such as that dealing with A.I. stuff, as completely "fantastic" or "far-fetched," or extremely futuristic. A huge amount of sci-fi from previous time periods has since become reality, and a lot of other technology like robotics is very advanced and growing exponentially during our time. Then, of course, is everything that has already been done but not released to the public. Technology has been growing at unbelievable rates in the last century or so...who knows how far it will go even in the next 20-30 years or so. In the spirit of our conversation I went looking at videos of robots on YouTube, just for fun.

First, a scary one. Swarms of tiny robots that can assemble themselves into bigger robots and do things like "self-heal." Famous last words spoken by the scientist-- "There is no risk." NOOO!!! Robots take over the world!!!



Next, Japanese female androids...always a classic.



Some dancing robots...



And finally, just for fun, PUPPY VS. ROBOT SUPERFIGHT!!!!

The science of Galactica

Here's an interesting MSNBC article on the scientific probabilities of some of the sci-fi elements of Battlestar Galactica, such as the odds that our first contact with extraterrestrials would be with "Robot Aliens," robot-human relationships, and other issues:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23955772/