This Is Disturbing

This Is Disturbing

The government has been funding robotic research--and the combination of the buzzing sound from the motors, and positively animal-like behavior of "Big Dog" a quadruped robot reminds me of the 1954 sci-fi classic about giant mutant ants, Them! (which gave me nightmares when I first saw it).

I have confidence that robots will, in a generation or two, be doing most of the grubby work of farmworkers, and many of the backstraining hospital jobs now done by LVNs and nurse's aides. But perhaps we will have to get rid of all the giant mutant bug movies first, so that the next generation won't be freaked out by them!