DARPA: "we just finished playing Horizon: Zero Dawn and honestly, we think we can make this idea work."

I love how the quote cuts off right before "only goal".

Excited for IRL Horizon Zero Dawn.

Has no one played Horizon Zero Dawn?

Breaking: Company creates Torment Nexus

I knew it was old news! I read this article 8 years ago

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3894132/Scavenger-robot-EATS-organic-matter-Soft-bodied-foraging-droid-used-clean-contaminated-water.html

Uhh I played this game. It's literally the plot of ::: spoiler Title Spoiled game :::

Onion? No? Great...

Next up "researchers wondered what would happen if they put AI to a machine that can consume humans for energy"

If I'm gonna be eaten by a robot I'd much rather be dead first.

So it's not supposed to be used to eat the dead, good. OMG. It's supposed to eat the life ones!

Finally! A productive solution to mass graves!

Sweet... early stages of the Faro plague

Years ago I saw an article about a robot designed to hunt and kill insects as a healthier pest control mechanism in farming. That robot would put the insects into a hopper where they would be converted to fuel to run the robot.

I figured it wasn't going to be too long before they'd be eating us.

What have I told you? People are a renewable resource!

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