Well, a new science fiction book takes these fears to the extreme. What would happen if all those computer-controlled devices decided not to be peaceful but to rise up together and rebel? Tiny computer chip brains are embedded in all of our machines, from your cell phone to your coffee maker, your car to your cable. You see, just about everything around us is really a little robot. President BARACK OBAMA: You might not know this, but one my responsibilities as commander-in-chief is to keep an eye on robots, and I'm pleased to report that the robots you manufacture here seem peaceful.įLATOW: But what if they were not. Speaking at Carnegie Mellon University, he quipped. President Obama launched today the National Robotics Initiative aimed at spurring interest in next-generation robotics. IRA FLATOW, host: This is SCIENCE FRIDAY.
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