Its Not Just Kids That Form Surprising Bonds With These Bundles Of Wires And Circuits. Some People Give

It’s not just kids that form surprising bonds with these bundles of wires and circuits. Some people give names to their Roomba vacuum cleaners, says Darling. And soldiers honour their robots with “medals” or hold funerals for them. She cites one particularly striking example of a military robot that was designed to defuse landmines by stepping on them. In a test, the explosions ripped off most of the robot’s legs, and yet the crippled machine continued to limp along. Watching the robot struggle, the colonel in charge called off the test because it was “inhumane”, according to the Washington Post.

Is it OK to torture or murder a robot?

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Andy Gilmore

Nimbus, 2013

Bismuth Geode

Or a cyborg egg hatching. You decide. 

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