[Newsbot]

Title: Robot Suicide Could Be Cause of House Fire
Category: Strange
Posted By: DrCaleb
Date: 2013-11-13 12:50:05

[DrCaleb]

Which begs the question "What kind of Numpty leaves a hot plate on and leaves the house?"

[xerxes]

Skynet has become self aware...

[bambu]

DrCaleb DrCaleb:

Which begs the question "What kind of Numpty leaves a hot plate on and leaves the house?"

Ones like me...who go around and check that everything is switched off before leaving home, often double-checking some things...like the front door and the iron.

Then from time to time, having to leave the house in a hurry, leave the iron switched on.
Even the most careful people can make mistakes, think they've switched things off when they haven't.

I've put the clothes dryer outside, so it can't burn the house down.

Robots are not people, they're just nuts and bolts, they cannot commit suicide.
It was obviously a malfunction of the software/hardware or whatever it's called in robots.
They're just machines, they cannot feel tired of doing housework.

Maybe it flicked the hotplate on during the course of its malfunctioning.

[commanderkai]

Worst thing I've ever accidentally left on was the coffee maker.

[Brenda]

commanderkai commanderkai:

Worst thing I've ever accidentally left on was the coffee maker.

And even that turns off automatically after 2 hours. At least, mine does

[Brenda]

$1:

Robots are not people, they're just nuts and bolts, they cannot commit suicide.
It was obviously a malfunction of the software/hardware or whatever it's called in robots.
They're just machines, they cannot feel tired of doing housework.

Maybe it flicked the hotplate on during the course of its malfunctioning.

I suggest you build yourself one that can help you find your sense of humour or help you create an imagination

[commanderkai]

Brenda Brenda:

commanderkai commanderkai:

Worst thing I've ever accidentally left on was the coffee maker.

And even that turns off automatically after 2 hours. At least, mine does

Haha my old one didn't. It is an older one with just a basic on/off switch, so when I came back, I saw the switch still on, and all the coffee evaporated from it.

Gave me a chuckle, honestly.

[DrCaleb]

bambu bambu:

DrCaleb DrCaleb:

Which begs the question "What kind of Numpty leaves a hot plate on and leaves the house?"

Robots are not people, they're just nuts and bolts, they cannot commit suicide.
It was obviously a malfunction of the software/hardware or whatever it's called in robots.

You are right about their ability to form complex decisions, but you'd be surprised how far Robotics has come in the last few years. Several AI programs have come close to passing 'Turing Tests', and have almost convinced people that they are people too.

Japan especially has been pioneering robots for home use, mainly in the form or servants for the elderly that would replace nurses or care givers.

It's actually really difficult to do some of the things in this video:

[Regina]

My wife unplugs everything she can, even when we're home. Coffee pot, toaster, charges etc. I think if she could pull the built in stove out, she'd unplug that too. No idea why.............

[Brenda]

Just hope she does not unplug you

[Regina]

She's trying!

[Public_Domain]

[DrCaleb]

Yea, you'll never get that kettle hard again. Copper gets hard when you work it, you can't even anneal it once it's lost it's hardness.

Recycle it, get a better one.

[Public_Domain]