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Friday, November 18, 2005

I, for one, welcome our new robot overlords

Nerds, check out this chat on the Post's site. There was an online Q&A with the author of a book on how to survive a robot uprising. The thing is, the guy's got a PhD in robotics from Carnegie Mellon. And he's a funny, funny dork. The discussion degenerated into a series of pop-Internet-culture reference. He's definitely "with it." A snippet:

Reston, Va.: I remember seeing a commercial on an old Saturday Night Live with Sam Waterson pitching "robot attack insurance" to elderly people. Do you believe this would be a wise investment?

Daniel H. Wilson: Heck yeah it's a wise investment. Didn't you see the pie chart!?

43% of old people die from heart disease, and 57% die from robot attack.

A wise investment indeed!

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