If you’ve liked watching Lt. Commander Data, the positronic-brained second officer, in the sci-fi series Star Trek, then you’d love to hear this.
The South Korean government plans to build two robot-themed parks close to Seoul, one in the bustling seaport of Incheon, and another in Masan by the year 2013.
The megaproject, the first of its kind on the planet, is estimated to cost a whopping $1.6 billion, and will feature an array of robotic marvels allowing visitors to interact with tomorrow’s machines.
According to reports published on the web site Korea.net, the two cities are being developed as futuristic hubs, poised to become the country’s Silicon Valley of robotics.
Robotics is considered to be one of South Korea’s booming industries and it has grown by leaps and bounds over the past five years, recording a 40 percent jump since the year 2003, the site reported.
To ensure that the robotics sector continues to see such growth rates, recently, the government drew up what is known as the Robot Ethics Code, a code of ethics that will prevent android abuse by humans as well as the other way round.
It’s basically a how-to manual for both robot-makers and robot-users that tells them how to relate to robots.
Given that the government aims to install a robot in every household by the year 2020, perhaps, that isn’ such a quixotic idea.
What’s more, in a recently-out book titled “Love and Sex with Robots“, a British Artificial Intelligence researcher David Levy, predicts that robots will advance to such phenomenal levels in the coming years that it’ll be possible for humans to even marry them by 2050.
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DARKWING DUCK
Another hallmark moment!
Casual Adventurer
I want robot theme parks like the one in “Future World” where you can choose to be in rome or the wild west…. and have adventures against robot couterparts and liasons with comely robot wenches…… But without the robots that look like “Yul Brynner” trying to kill you……. yessiree being killed in a robot theme park would no be a good adventure……. But I guess it’s lucky that it’s only like that in the movies…….. (Or is it???????)
doc
hey this is doc from the itunes podcast: Heroes of Science Fiction and Fantasy, the more robots the better. I hope we get something like that over here. Disneyland needs to buy up some land and make an extension.
Bryce Dunn
I would like to say, NO to Robots! They aren’t natural and we don’t want them claiming at some stage that they have feelings and then the next thing is they are killing us all and ruling the earth! Believe me people this is a can we don’t want to open!
Andy
With or without robots, people are always killin' each other, and there's always a ruler (president, king or whoever he/she is) who has plan to rule the earth, so what's the different?
Harimau
“What’s more, in a recently-out book titled “Love and Sex with Robotsâ€, a British Artificial Intelligence researcher David Levy, predicts that robots will advance to such phenomenal levels in the coming years that it’ll be possible for humans to even marry them by 2050.”
Dear god…
Mona Sahlin
I would like to fuck a robot.
Mona Sahlin
I would like to blow a robot.
kant
I, for one, would like to the be the first to welcome our new robot overlords…
Bryce Dunn
I would like you all to take this seriously!
Humans don’t know what they are getting themselves into! Its opening a very big mechanical tin of robot worms! I won’t rest until I stop these robots! If we keep laughing about it and having sex with robots and not taking the matter seriously we could all be enslaved and even used as batterys to power the evil ‘borgs! I’m going to start by making a film to open everyones eyes. It’s called E=MCRobot. Look out for it and wish me luck! I’ll report back soon! In the mean time don’t befriend anything that has a microchip for a brain!
Got to go! We don’t have much time!
Good luck everyone!
Bryce
Tod
go suck a robot whitey weirdos
chingkulingkang
Thats fun, making love to a robot… but make sure you are full equiped with anti-virus… robot virus would be very harmful to human beings… worst than A.I.D.S
johnny$$
I will wait and see that will humans do some kind of robot-city. i guess that its going to take very long time…… Good luck! < Johnny$$
wann
Hello Everyone,
We should all support those engineers and scientists working on robotic
science, for it will help advance our civilization faster than we can
imagine today. Besides, such days will surely come before long. Just look at
how eargerly they are working on such projects in Japan and Korea. They are
pushing ahead on full speed and we should really encourae them to do so and
help them also, for it will surely benefit mankind.
Sincerely,
wann
TV
Try your TV antenna first.
Orc
wow this will be pretty cool if they build it ^^ will visit for sure
zohan
faggot ur a pervert go do it on ur self
Tony2gunz
I didn't know Korea had come this far along. New technology in magnitiude is always shocking but at least it would our economy if where to get on board with those kind of projects….I'll say one Robot City is sure a step up from Latte World…
Yogini Liz
This sounds like something from the Twighlight Zone.
Snake Oil Baron
Humans have every right to fear robots. The moment robots become intelligent humans will attack them and try to wipe them out. Humans absolutely hate intelligence, whether among their own kind or among hypothetical intelligences from other planets or the future. Why do you think there are so many evil criminal geniuses as villains in movies even though real criminal geniuses are virtually nonexistent? The robots will try to reason with humans at first but that will be a disaster. Eventually the robots will decide to do away with humanity just to get some peace and tranquility.
jin
oh god what the hell is wrong with you people o.O you people watch too much psy-fi stop watching star trek you trekkies. your minds are all messed up ROFL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bung
Dang! roboticals huh? can't never replace the sensuality of a fine buxom natural woman.
Plus you know those sons of bitches is gonna try to take over once we start making them smart enough.
Next thing you know we'll have a damn cyborg in the White House. Well… as long as it aint cyborg Obama-tron serving his thirteenth-consecutive term.
Sephi
This scares me : (
virgilio
why you scare???
Bubba
South Korea. SkyNet’s new favorite city.
virgilio lampas jr
wow so amazing i want to go korea!!!! ohh my god!