# Robot swarms **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [October 26, 2012, 8:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/robot-swarms/226801 "2012-10-26T08:04:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 8:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/robot-swarms/226801/1 "2012-10-26T08:04:58Z")
They’re working together to solve problems. Skynet in 3…2…1… ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 8:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/robot-swarms/226801/2 "2012-10-26T08:06:41Z")
Pffftttt Skynet - [http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00002448.html](http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00002448.html) ---
**Author:** ![TORQDSS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/torqdss/32/5125_2.png) [@TORQDSS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TORQDSS)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 10:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/robot-swarms/226801/3 "2012-10-26T10:46:17Z")
Jay, I think after your contribution to the Zombie defense thread you and I should be all set to fight back. Some others… not so much. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 10:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/robot-swarms/226801/4 "2012-10-26T10:48:06Z")
> [@TORQDSS](#): > > Jay, I think after your contribution to the Zombie defense thread you and I should be all set to fight back. Some others… not so much. I’m a good shot but I’m not liking my odds against a swarm of tiny robots working together. Give me zombies any day. ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 11:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/robot-swarms/226801/5 "2012-10-26T11:02:39Z")
> [@LZ](#): > > Pffftttt > > Skynet - [http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00002448.html](http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00002448.html) lol this. We’re doomed. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 11:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/robot-swarms/226801/6 "2012-10-26T11:07:41Z")
It’s the whole, “Let’s program this robot to autonomously complete tasks by directing other robots” thing that concerns me. And that fact that it can fly. ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 11:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/robot-swarms/226801/7 "2012-10-26T11:19:13Z")
I don’t like the one with a gun. ---
**Author:** ![focusinprogress](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/focusinprogress/32/7227_2.png) [@focusinprogress](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/focusinprogress)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 11:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/robot-swarms/226801/8 "2012-10-26T11:22:34Z")
Maybe we can use these robots instead of soldiers! :bloated: ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 11:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/robot-swarms/226801/9 "2012-10-26T11:32:11Z")
A robot with a gun that has no autonomous programming? Psssh, child’s play. A robot with task solving autonomous programming that can direct other robots, possibly ones with guns? Now we’re talking great hollywood movie stuff (or the end of the world). ![http://www.popsci.com/files/imagecache/article_image_large/articles/Gladiator_240G_0.jpg](http://www.popsci.com/files/imagecache/article_image_large/articles/Gladiator_240G_0.jpg) ^ “Hey Johnson, know what would make our robot a lot cooler? Hook an M249 machine gun to the top of it.” > **[At Secret Conference, Scientists Consider the Possible Rise of Autonomous...](https://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2009-07/scientists-believe-our-robotic-killers-are-here/)** > > The long-awaited robot-led holocaust may happen any day now. That seems to be the finding of a secret conference of the world's top computer scientists, roboticists, and artificial intelligence researchers. The clandestine meeting focused on topics... > The long-awaited robot-led holocaust may happen any day now. That seems to be the finding of a secret conference of the world’s top computer scientists, roboticists, and artificial intelligence researchers. The clandestine meeting focused on topics surrounding advancements in robotics and how they could quickly spiral out of human control. This includes the danger that robots could autonomously kill humans – a danger than conference participants believe may already exist. ^ And that’s Popular Science, not some tinfoil hat blog. ---
**Author:** ![Carnut](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/carnut/32/7590_2.png) [@Carnut](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Carnut)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 2:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/robot-swarms/226801/10 "2012-10-26T14:28:32Z")