University of Cambridge is going to study whether robots are a threat

BBC News - Risk of robot uprising wiping out human race to be studied

Centre for the Study of Existential Risk

I, for one, welcome our new robot overlords.

I'll admit I lol'd that 'Existential Risk' is now an actual thing. Oh you academics. Can't find an application for your degree? Start a think tank!

I saw it in a movie once there were robots that took over the Earth and made us all into batteries and forced us live in a computer world then one came back in time and said "where is sinead o'connor" and had a motorbike.

I think it was called "American Pie 3".

I think this a very serious risk, and I'll sleep more soundly at night knowing this.

Unless of course it's the robots have set up this institute to throw us off the scent!

Finally, a real use for science.

just let japan deal with it. I want my sexbots

"Existential Risk" makes me think of a game of Risk played by philosophy majors.

trout pike, they're on to us.

If anything it would probably like A.I. where we freak out and think they're going to overtake us so we exterminate a lot of them to keep the robot population under control.

You should all buy and read this book. It is really educational!

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Pure AI robots will probably kill us because we are dickheads.

This is a stupid study and waste of money. Are you smurfing kidding me.

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I am terrified of androids and cyborgs, but mostly cyborgs :( Andrew thinks it's hilarious.

So they're paying people to study what films and philosphers have been pondering for years? I can't wait to hear the findings!