Fox News has finally crapper out

[Smittie61984]

Originally Posted by AquaPython

wtfOneSentanceHypocracyBBQ ?

first off, a lightyear is a measure of distance not time.

second, if many educated people think something like this is plausible within the next ten to twenty years, then your reality would be closer than that. so something earlier then ten years is considered <insert long unit of time>'s from reality. ok...............

People still reference "light years" as something that is unreachable or "Far Away". Such as we are "Far Away" from a time where we will have 100% AI robots like you would see in Star Wars or Star Trek. They have robots who "feel" fear like you and I would experience it. But not so far away from creating AI like computer programing that can understand dangers and learn of dangers similar to how we learn things through experience.

[udman]

Robot attacked Swedish factory worker
Published: 28 Apr 09 10:12 CET
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/19120/20090428/

A Swedish company has been fined 25,000 kronor ($3,000) after a malfunctioning robot attacked and almost killed one of its workers at a factory north of Stockholm.

Public prosecutor Leif Johansson mulled pressing charges against the firm but eventually opted to settle for a fine.

"I've never heard of a robot attacking somebody like this," he told news agency TT.

The incident took place in June 2007 at a factory in Bålsta, north of Stockholm, when the industrial worker was trying to carry out maintenance on a defective machine generally used to lift heavy rocks. Thinking he had cut off the power supply, the man approached the robot with no sense of trepidation.

But the robot suddenly came to life and grabbed a tight hold of the victim's head. The man succeeded in defending himself but not before suffering serious injuries.

"The man was very lucky. He broke four ribs and came close to losing his life," said Leif Johansson.

The matter was subject to an investigation by both the Swedish Work Environment Authority (Arbetsmiljöverket) and the police.

Prosecutor Johansson chastised the company for its inadequate safety procedures but he also placed part of the blame on the injured worker.


TT/The Local (news@thelocal.se/08 656 6518)