Armed Robots Not Actually Gone From Iraq

NightFalcon90909 writes "You may have heard that armed robots were yanked from Iraq after a gun started to swivel without it being told to do so. 'A recent news report that armed robots had been pulled out of Iraq is mistaken, according to the company that makes the robot [Foster-Miller] and the Army program manager. 'The whole thing is an urban legend,' says Foster Miller spokesperson Cynthia Black, of the reports about SWORDS moving its gun without a command.'"

Hey, its the ED 209

[enzo_romeo]

Who cares if it works?

Idea from BSG

[T-Kir]

Maybe they put the Telencephalic inhibitors back in?

Department of redundancy department

[Ctrl-Z]

The article is worth it just for this quote: "So, now there is now redundant wiring on every circuit."

"I'll be back"

[BobSixtyFour]

Like The Terminator, they'll be back.

Sgt. Buzzkill

[explosivejared]

"It can't shoot anyone [without orders]," Black says. "It's not an autonomous vehicle."

Can we not dream that there are artificially intelligent armed to the teeth robots ready to kill us at a moments notice?! If you take that away, what do we have left?! Do not bring your holier than thou facts to our paranoia party. If we believe hard enough that there are crazed, deadly robots on the loose, maybe... one day our dream might come true! So step off Sgt. Buzzkill.

Ooops!

[mcecil]

(Hastily tears down "Hail Robots" sign)

Re:The Government Said So...

[uncoveror]

Cover-up! Cover-up! You can be sure something is true if it has been officially denied. Calling this story an urban legend is the falsehood here. These Terminators are going to be the end of us all!

Traduction

[Ariastis]

s/Its an urban legend/All witnesses have been silenced/

Based on past performance...

[hyades1]

Given his track record for pointing guns in the wrong direction, perhaps we should start calling the little darlings, "Cheneys".

Re:Robot Army!

[Foobar of Borg]

We start off with a robot army and soon soylent green is Heston.

You can have my soylent green when you pry it from my cold, dead hands!

Re:Robot Army!

[Digi-John]

Get your stinking manipulators off me you damn dirty robots!

Re:The Government Said So...

[Bloodoflethe]

The question is: what if the government is telling the truth?

You can't trust the government if it hides anything.
You can't trust the government if it fully discloses everything (they must be lying).
You can't trust the government if it gives you information on a need-to-know.

How do you convince Joe Six-pack that we went to the moon?
That is the problem with Conspiracy theories. The more proof that you give, the more elaborate they perceive the conspiracy to be.

Normally, I don't do corrections like this. When there are that many spelling and grammar errors, I feel obligated to make corrections.

Grammar Nazi at work. Nothing to see here. Move along.

Re:human control? pshh.

[HasselhoffThePaladin]

You're wrong...Bush is scared of robots. Almost as much as he's scared of clowns.

Re:Robot Army!

[Anonymous Coward]

Shouldn't that be, "You can have my soylent green when you make it from my cold, dead hands!"?

Re:Robot Army!

[Anonymous Coward]

We start off with a robot army and soon soylent green is Heston.

You can have my soylent green when you pry it from my cold, dead hands!

You can have my soylent green when you pry it from my cold, dead hands, you damn, dirty ape!

Re:Someone who works on robot sensors

[AgentPaper]

Clippy just got a whole new lease on life...

"It looks like you're trying to shoot an insurgent. Would you like help?"

Re:Someone who works on robot sensors

[Bryansix]

I think a lot of people will disagree with you here. Maybe not Slashdot members but a lot of people (me included) believe that God really did write the 10 commandments on stone tablets.