Talk #1046

Title:I, ROBOT TO MAGNUS, ROBOT FIGHTER
Category:general
Timeslot:Sun 02:30 pm (90 minutes)
Location:ACC / 207-C
Description:Right now robots are pretty much remotely-controlled devices to conduct certain tasks like bomb disposal or mindless repetitive-motion machines for chores like vacuuming rugs. But what will "real" robots be like? Will be Asimov's dutiful three-laws obeying pals or our sneaky lords and masters a la the Magnus comics? The singularity suggests, perhaps, the latter. Or will it be somewhere in between?
Speaker(s):Greg Pak, Elisabeth Malartre, Roger MacBride Allen, James P. Hogan(M), Tom Galloway