This looks like something out of a Sci-Fi horror movie, but it’s not. It’s how we’ll be charging our cars in the future if Elon Musk and his electric car company, Tesla, have anything to say about it:
Charger prototype finding its way to Model S.https://t.co/L9E4MR642G
— Tesla (@Tesla) August 6, 2015
At least we’re not alone in our assessment of this robot’s obviously evil intentions:
I for one welcome our new robot overlords. https://t.co/unwts5hsai
— Scott Hetherington (@srheth) August 6, 2015
Someday our children will look back and realize this is the moment when humanity lost control to the robots. http://t.co/iKwt02Xmwy
— Bryan Mortensen (@Bemorte) August 6, 2015
https://twitter.com/jchutchins/status/629328961886007296
Check out the Prometheus 2 pre-trailer for the teaser trailer. Looks good. https://t.co/Fg1cwQRfG6
— naebd (@naebD) August 6, 2015
Remember at the end of Matrix 3 when those plugs snaked up and plugged themselves into Neo? Well… https://t.co/KRvvkVLMBO
— Duncan Blair (@nimro) August 6, 2015
This is strangely disturbing https://t.co/OBH30SJdf6
— Iain Macwhirter (@iainmacwhirter) August 6, 2015
bring on the nightmares. https://t.co/QUltqhO3av
— Jonathan Khoo (@jonk) August 6, 2015
Tesla's tentacle monster prototype finding its way into defenseless car. FTFY https://t.co/29CtdDGllh
— Steven G (@SvennGalley) August 6, 2015
And just a few days ago, Musk and other scientists called on limiting the use of “artificial intelligence” in weapons technology:
Elon Musk, Stephen Hawking join call for ban on artificially intelligent weapons http://t.co/VNRT0s5CHb pic.twitter.com/UBNXH3vgVc
— TIME (@TIME) July 29, 2015
Watching this makes me worry about AI too, @elonmusk. https://t.co/t9aMLEu68Z
— Dane Jasper (@dane) August 6, 2015
Now we know why. Imagine this robotic tentacle on a drone?
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